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Brothers and sisters, what great joy as we are now quickly coming to the great feast of Our Savior’s Birth: Christmas is almost here! As we move through this holy season of Advent: we are call to turn our hearts towards the Lord, to prepare the way, to convert our lives that we might be ready for the coming of Jesus! And so as we prepare, we have a few reminders and announcements:
1. With the two-week ‘freeze’ over, we are now able to have a larger number of people at Mass. In total, we can have 370 people present for weekend and Holy Day Masses: 250 in the church, 20 in the day chapel, and 100 in the parish hall. And then there will be space for 270 people at weekday Masses (the church plus the day chapel).
2. We will continue to not have an online sign-up (except for Christmas Masses). Instead, the doors for Mass will open an hour before weekend Masses and half-an-hour before weekday Masses. You will sign-in with your name and phone number as you arrive. We will fill up the space until it is full (so far we have not turned anyone away – so there is plenty of space for you and your family to come).
3. We will continue to live stream weekend Masses on Facebook as the technology allows. We apologize ahead of time for any problems with the live stream, we do our best but sometimes it simply does not work. Currently, we are looking into a better solution, which will hopefully take effect soon. In the event that you are trying to join us on the live stream and it is not working, we invite you to join another live streamed Mass (such as the Archbishop’s Sunday Mass at 11 AM, or St. Anne’s Mass from Grants Pass available on their parish Facebook page). We will not live stream our weekday Masses.
4. We ask everyone who attends Mass to assist with disinfecting their pews and seats after Mass. Cleaning supplies are available at the back of each space (i.e. church, day chapel, or parish hall). As the old saying goes, “Many hands make quick work.” When we all pitch in a little bit it helps keep our church safe and clean for the next Mass.
5. All classes and groups (confirmation, RCIA, faith formation, bible studies, etc.) have resumed now that we have a larger capacity.
We are pleased to announce our Christmas Mass schedule. We have added extra Masses to allow more people to come. All our safety measures will be followed to ensure you and your family a safe, healthy, happy, and holy Christmas. If it has been a while since you have been at Mass in person, and you are feeling able to come, we invite you to come celebrate the birth of Jesus with us in person at one of our six Christmas Masses. For those of you still not feeling able to join us in person, we will live stream the Masses as well (technology permitting).
We will use online sign-ups for our Christmas Masses only. These sign-ups will be available soon on our parish website: shepherdcatholic.com
Here is our Christmas Mass schedule for December 24-25:
3:00 PM English Christmas Eve Mass
5:00 PM English Christmas Eve Mass
7:00 PM Spanish Christmas Eve Mass
12:00 AM Traditional Latin Christmas Midnight Mass
(with readings and homily given in English)
10:00 AM English Christmas Day Mass
12:00 PM Spanish Christmas Day Mass
(We are adding a Midnight Latin Mass this year in order to help out Sacred Heart, where it is usually celebrated, to create more room for the number of people they are expecting for their Christmas Masses. All who would like to are welcome to attend it.)
May the Lord bless and keep you and your families this Advent and Christmas!
Read the letter from Archbishop Sampe here.
During this COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, we remain a parish family, united in Christ, still connected spiritually though we cannot be together physically. As a way to stay connect, we invite everyone to join us on our Facebook page, where we are posting updates and live videos, including streaming Masses live throughout the week. Please like and follow our Facebook page to stay connected during this time. And know that you are in our prayers!
https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdCatholic/
Durante esta pandemia de coronavirus COVID-19, seguimos siendo una familia parroquial, unida en Cristo, todavía conectados espiritualmente, aunque no podemos estar juntos físicamente. Como una forma de mantenerse conectado, invitamos a todos a unirse a nosotros en nuestra página de Facebook, donde publicaremos actualizaciones y videos en vivo, incluyendo la transmisión de Misas en vivo durante toda la semana. Haga clic en Me gusta y siga nuestra página de Facebook para mantenerse conectado durante este tiempo. ¡Y sepa que está en nuestras oraciones!
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