In This Update
Weekend Mass and Eucharist Schedule
Adoration of Blessed Sacrament
2021 Annual Catholic Appeal - Persevering in Hope
January 22 - Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
The Year of St. Joseph Prayer
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Weekend Mass and Eucharist Schedule
Due to heightened Diocesan COVID-19 protocols, all in-person Masses at St. Thomas the Apostle remain suspended through February 1. The church and parish office are closed. Staff members monitor telephones for timely responses to inquiries and needs.
Weekend Video Mass remains available as does scheduling - by appointment - of outdoor Confession.
Holy Eucharist will be distributed in the Parish courtyard for those who attend video Mass during these times*:
Friday
5:00 - 5:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 - 9:30 AM
5:00 - 5:30 PM
Sunday
7:30 - 8:00 AM
9:30 - 10:00 AM
11:30 AM - Noon
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Monday
8:00 - 8:30 AM
Proper social distancing and face masks are required whenever on church premises.
*306 received this past weekend; 688 to date viewed our chapel video Mass.
Adoration of Blessed Sacrament
Beginning Friday, January 22 the Parish will offer a once weekly outdoor 11 AM - Noon Adoration Hour in the courtyard (weather permitting) for those who have missed this spiritual practice during the pandemic.
This is a 'bring your own portable chair' event. If you prefer to kneel and own a garden kneeler, bring it instead! Plus, of course, proper social distancing and face masks are required.
For logistics' purposes, will you come?
Yes
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2021 Annual Catholic Appeal - Persevering in Hope
Our Diocese ACA addresses:
- Evangelization
- Community Outreach
- Seminarian and Clergy
Support - Administrative services (including Human Resources and bookkeeping)
- Services and funding to elementary schools and high schools in largely lower-income populations.
St. Thomas the Apostle Parish's 2021 goal is $230,500 (same as last year.) The target date for successful conclusion to our parish campaign is February 23 (Msgr. John's birthday).
January 22 - Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
"A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family and from the heart of every believer."
Pope Saint John Paul II
Evangelium Vitae
Pope Saint John Paul II
Evangelium Vitae
The Year of St. Joseph Prayer
To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our afflictions, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.
Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.
O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.
As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen.
