1. Fr. Patrick’s Holy Homework Fr. Suggests we do this homework on a daily basis this week. Pray: “Jesus, where am I discouraged?” “Jesus, how do you want to encourage me?”
2. “Daily Devotional Series” Fr. Patrick has prepared a “Daily Devotional Series” that offers reflections on the Scriptures of the day. Each session is only 60 to 90 seconds long. You can access this daily by going to our website and clicking on “Daily Devotional Series”. You can also go directly from here by clicking on button below.
3. FORMED: What to watch this week: FORMED is one of the services provided by the Augustine Institute out in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The Augustine Institute is very excited because on last Saturday they celebrated the 15th anniversary of their founding. The Augustine Institute now has 565 students in its graduate school and has over 1 million subscribers to FORMED. Congratulations, Augustine Institute! Each week FORMED publishes a list of the special features for that week. Please click on the following link to see this week’s highlights.
4. “Open Wide Our Hearts” In their Nov. 14, 2018 pastoral letter against racism, Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love, the Catholic bishops of the United States invite conversion of hearts, minds, and institutions in order to address the evil of racism that still exists in our communities.
Now, here in 2020, the issue of RACISM more than deserves our attention! The document from the USCCB is quite relevant. For a “shallow dive” into the document there is a two-page summary available by clicking on the button below.
5. Liturgy schedule for this week Wednesday, Aug. 26th: No services Thursday, Aug. 27th: 8:30am – Communion Service Friday, Aug. 28th: 8:30am – Communion Service Saturday, Aug. 29th: 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Confessions Saturday, Aug. 29th: 4pm – Mass Sunday, Aug. 30th: 11:00am – Mass (livestreamed)
6. Links for viewing or registering for this weekend’s Masses Our Masses are: Saturday, 4pm; Sunday 11am. The 11am Mass will be livestreamed. Click on the button below for viewing the Mass. [Videos of Masses from prior weekends are also available at this site.]
If you have not registered (by noon on Saturday) to attend Mass in person and you still wish to attend a Mass at church this weekend please: - park in the parking lot a little ahead of Mass time, - go to the parking lot side entrance, - and ask the staff at that doorway if there is still available room. If there is room in church they will do a check-in process for you. Based on the slightly relaxed directions from AOD there is now more space available in the church to attend Mass in person.