Dear St. Rose Family:
Happy 1st Friday of the Month. During the month July, and this month of the Precious Blood of Jesus, our Nation is also getting ready to celebrate 245 years of freedom and independence. We also, as Christians, celebrate the freedom we have in Christ, how his death and sacrifice allowed us a freedom from sin, so we can go forth and love like he did.
Covid Pandemic restrictions have been removed. Everyone is invited to return to the practice of our faith; come back to receiving the Precious Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ as the center of our lives. I invite you to dive deeply into the spiritual aspects and not the legalistic and formalistic things. Archbishop Sample has removed the dispensation from attending Mass effective July 16.
I invite you to return to Mass. Be a part of rebuilding our community of faith. We have not been able to be sociable with one another. All of us need one another. All of us are a part of this one body of Christ as we gather in worship of our Lord.
God Bless You,
Fr. Matt
Covid Changes:
Welcome Back
Over the last fifteen months, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, we have adapted the ways we lived our daily lives, as well as the ways we worshiped as a Church. As restrictions are lifted and parishes more fully reopen, our priority, as it has been throughout this pandemic, is to continue to practice our faith while keeping people safe.
As Oregon opens up to 100 %, in alignment with the Governor and OHAs changes in mandates, the Archbishop has approved the following recommendations effective June 30th. Implementation of these guidelines is left to the prudential judgment of the pastor.
General Principles
1.All indoor liturgical celebrations and faith gatherings are allowed to take place without capacity limitations, and social distancing.
2.Masks may be worn but are not required.
Liturgical Practices
All previous liturgical restrictions are lifted, except for the following:
1. The Precious Blood will not be offered to the faithful.
2. The Sign of Peace will not be exchanged through physical contact.
2. The Sign of Peace will not be exchanged through physical contact.
Cleaning
Cleaning after Masses and gatherings: We will do a thorough pew cleaning once weekly and provide at all entrances wipes for those to take if you would like to wipe your spot as you sit down.
Ventilation
We will continue with air exchange ventilation.
Livestreaming of Mass: Will continue streaming daily Mass, and one Mass each weekend for those who are unable to attend due to health concerns.
Dispensation from the Obligation to attend Mass
Effective Friday, July 16, 2021, Archbishop Sample rescinds the dispensation from the obligation to attend Holy Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation. Canon Law still allows those who are vulnerable, sick, or who have other grave reasons, to miss Holy Mass if necessary. Those unable to attend the Sunday Eucharist for such reasons are asked to honor the Lord in another way that day by watching a livestreamed Mass, praying the rosary, reading sacred Scripture, or otherwise setting aside time to be with the Lord.
Our hope and prayer is we will also be welcoming our entire parish community back into the Church. The doors both front and side to church will be back to normal and will be open on the weekends before Mass. With all pews available, we should have plenty of room without Satellite seating.
Confessions will go back to our pre-pandemic locations at normal scheduled times.
Our sincere thanks and gratitude to all of you who have so graciously and generously served in our greeter/usher/reader/videography roles since the beginning of the pandemic. Your commitment and service by greeting, welcoming, reading, providing videography, ushering people to Mass during Covid and sanitizing after Mass has truly been invaluable. Your fellow parishioners and community have been able to get to know us in a more personal way, while facilitating their opportunity to receive Christ in the Eucharist every week! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you, all St. Rose Parishioners and Visitors, for being part of our community, as we learn to know, love, and serve our God and Neighbor in ever deeper ways.
SVdP FOOD PANTRY INFO
Want to donate food? Specific needs this week include:
- Canned meals (Spaghettios, etc.) and
- Hamburger Helper
Collection bins are in the small parking lot weekly at these times:
- Tuesdays, 1-2:30pm
- Wednesdays, 10-12:00pm
- Fridays, 8-10:00am
Need help? If you need food, rent, or utilities assistance, please call the Portland Council Emergency Services clearinghouse (503-235-8431) to get to our SVdP.
Have time to volunteer? If you are able to volunteer please contact Karen Pinder directly.
RENT/MORTGAGE RELIEF AVAILABLE
Thanks to very generous donations within our community, we have a COVID-19 Relief Fund to help parishioners severely impacted by the pandemic and resulting economic conditions. Please complete this form to apply for assistance. Contact the parish office (503.281.5318) with any questions.
ST. ROSE SUNDAY ENCOUNTER
Livestream weekend Mass continues at 5:30pm on Saturdays as well as 8:30am and 10:30am on Sundays. If you can't join us in person, watch Mass livestreams with us in real time either on Facebook (@strosepdxchurch) or on YouTube (St. Rose of Lima Parish, Portland, OR).
TWO GREAT PODCASTS:
If you have a few minutes each day looking for something to listen to, below are two Podcasts to consider.
* Fr. Mike Schmitz "The Bible in a Year"
and
The latest from Fr. John Riccardo
“Someone Has Come to Fight”
Have you ever heard the Gospel? Many of us haven’t. It’s the only news that has the power to change us, to change the way we see reality. To change our hearts. We couldn’t encourage you more to watch this, share it, and send it out to all your friends and family!
Sign up for your free FORMED subscription:
- Go to formed.org and click "Sign Up"
- Select "Sign Up as a Parishioner"
- Search for our parish by name or enter our access code: NW34T3
- Enter your email and create a password (you’ll need this to login later)
- Start accessing all the inspiring content you want on FORMED!
“You have turned my mourning into dancing, you have stripped off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. So my heart will sing to you unceasingly, Yahweh, my God, I shall praise you for ever.”
— Psalms 30:11-12