June 19, 2020
COVID-19 Update
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Most Sacred, most loving Heart of Jesus, You are concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and You beat for us still. O make our hearts beat with Your Heart!
(from a prayer by St. John Newman)
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Dear Friends in Christ,
THIS IS A VERY BIG WEEKEND!
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, asking that His love be poured out on all of us and on our suffering world. Saturday is the first day of Summer! and Sunday is Father’s Day. We pray for a restful summer after a stressful and difficult spring and we ask for continued safety and good health for all. With love and gratitude we remember all of our fathers and our clergy and seminarians.
Today also
the following counties were approved for Phase II reopening: Hood River, Marion and Polk. Clackamas, Lincoln and Washington counties remain in Phase I and Multnomah County was approved for Phase I reopening today. Yesterday, Governor Brown also announced that she would require the wearing of masks or face coverings by the general public as they visit businesses in the following counties (Clackamas, Hood River, Lincoln, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington).
The order becomes effective, June 24, 2020.
“Indoor venue operators,” the classification into which faith-based gatherings have been placed, must comply with this requirement in the counties (Hood River, Marion, Polk) just admitted to Phase II. Our reading is that it does not apply in Clackamas, Lincoln, Multnomah and Washington counties because they are in Phase I. However, note that Lincoln County has its own more expansive mask requirement (see link
https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/hhs/page/face-covering-directive
). There is an exception for “activity that makes wearing a mask…not feasible,” which would include the celebrant at Mass. The guidance also requires businesses (which includes churches) to provide disposable face coverings for persons without one, post signs about the requirement in a language(s) most attendees would understand and educate staff/volunteers about communicating people who are exempted from wearing a mask. You can find the state memorandum
HERE
Archbishop Sample
MONDAY
begins
Religious Freedom Week
, the annual time when we give thanks for our religious freedoms and consider how to respond when they are threatened. Find meditations, prayers and resources from the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops for each day of the week
HERE
Also, read the Catholic Bishops’ response to the U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on the
legal definition of "sex"
and on the
DACA program
.
Calendar Dates
- June 24 – 10:30 AM - Vicariate ZOOM Meeting
- June 24 – 3:00 pm - Rosary to End Racism https://www.facebook.com/archdpdx/
- June 30 – 10:30 AM – Archbishop’s ZOOM Webinar With Priests
Next mailing: Monday, June 22, 2020.
A blessed Feast of the Sacred Heart and Happy Fathers Day!!
Sincerely in Christ,
Your COVID-19 Pastoral Center Response Core Team
Reopening Resources
REMINDERS
THERE IS STILL A NEED
for refrigerated trucks to get food boxes to remote areas of Oregon. If you can help, please contact
dpm@archdpdx.org
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