July 31 Weekly News
Mass Schedule
Confirmation Saturday 10 AM Weather-permitting
Outdoor Mass Saturday 4 PM Weather-permitting
Online Mass Sunday 10 AM
Daily Communion Service 9:00 AM
Wednesday Sunrise Communion Service 6:00 AM
in the Parish Hall.
Reminder: Wear masks, practice social distancing, and stay home if you feel ill.
Confessions
Saturday at 3:15 PM before the Outdoor Mass. Line up in front of the St. Francis statue at the behind the Lower Level of the Hall.
Re-Opening St. Mary's
(more in page below)
Confirmation 2020 is scheduled for August 1 at 10 AM with a rain date on August 8.
Outdoor Masses need help with set-up an hour before Mass begins and to breakdown afterwards. We need a team of four volunteers for each Mass. With enough volunteers, we would able to offer an 8:00 AM Sunday morning Outdoor Mass.
Faith Formation/ Youth Ministry
Faith Formation Registration open. Information below in Back to School and Youth Ministry sections. Registration is due by August 15th in order to receive the discounted tuition.
Helping Others
Our Daily Bread. The next collection will be casseroles on Tuesday (8/11). We are now collecting every other week. Details in the Helping Others section.
The Food Pantry is almost bare! Cash donations are needed. Details in the Helping Others section.
Our bills still need to be paid. Please mail your weekly offering. Sign up for electronic giving using this link.
Re-opening St. Mary's
Celebrating Confirmation 2020
Confirmation Mass will be celebrated by Father Kunkel on Saturday Aug. 1, 2020 @ 10 am outside with a rain date of Saturday Aug. 8th @ 10 am. Please bring chairs and face masks. Social distancing is required. Families may sit together.
Holy Spirit you are welcome here! Come flood this place and fill the us with your grace!
Help Needed for Outdoor Masses
It takes team of four volunteers to assist in the set up and breakdown for each outdoor Mass. We hope to have enough volunteers to rotate the assignments over several weeks. If there are sufficient helpers, we would like to add an 8:00 AM Outdoor Mass on Sunday. Volunteer to help with this critical parish ministry by responding to this survey. All volunteers must be Virtus trained before being scheduled.
I can assist with Saturday Outdoor Masses - Arrive at 3 PM
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I can assist with possible Sunday Outdoor Masses - Arrive at 7 AM
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There are others in my household who can also help
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Karen Dietz
Coordinator of Children's Faith Formation
Ext.24
kdlibrary0708@gmail.com
Rachel Bittner
Coordinator of High School Faith Formation
Ext 23
nbittner@hotmail.com
Confirmation Preparation
Confirmation Registration Parent/Student Meeting Aug. 27th @ 7 pm in the Youth Room. Registration forms will be sent out prior to the meeting. Students who have completed their 9th Grade Faith Formation year or who are Catholic Home School or Private School are eligible to register for Confirmation this coming year. If you have not received the first contact letter, please contact Rachel Bittner.
College Students
Save the Date! – August 13 @ 7:00 pm
Prayer for and with College Students
Still confirming details
Sarah Jarzembowski
Coordinator for College and Young Adult Ministries Archdiocese of Baltimore
Ways to Help
Our Daily Bread (ODB)
This week 38 casseroles, 36 homemade face masks, 2 large jars of peanut butter, 22 PB&J sandwiches, and 1 financial donation were collected and delivered to ODB. 28 families participated.
We will be collecting casseroles again on Tuesday (8/11). We'll also collect any homemade face masks that you'd like to donate.
Thanks for helping the ODB workers and their clients. If you have any questions, contact Bob at crhoopert@zoominternet.net
St. Mary's Food Pantry
While we have received several very large cash donations, the pantry is just about empty. Because the Church and office are not open, we cannot request food donations. We are asking for cash donations so the volunteers can shop for the food pantry each month. Items are sorted and bagged and delivered to the customers cars.
Prevention & Recovery Ministry
Help is available for you, your family members, and your friends who suffer from addiction themselves or in the family.
Harford County Health Department 410-838-1500 www.harfordcountyhealth.com
Mason Dixon Community Services 717-456-5559 www.mason-dixon.org
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8555 www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
St. Mary's food pantry is open on Saturday August 15, 2020.
The next LifeChain event is Sunday, October 4.
