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MAY 31, 2020
ST. MONICA PARISH 212 Lawrence Street, Methuen, MA
ST. LUCY PARISH 254 Merrimack Street, Methuen, MA
RENEW, REBUILD, AND REACH OUT: DISCIPLES IN HEARTFELT COMMUNION WITH JESUS CHRIST
Virtual Course on Zoom Join us every Wednesday at 6pm for a course on the Holy Spirit. We are also running our Wednesday morning prayer group at 10am on Zoom. All are welcome to join one or both. Contact Bonnie Doherty for more information and the link to join: [email protected].
HIGHLIGHTS MAY 31, 2020
We want to thank… Joe and Sandra Freitas, owners/operators of Millenium Cleaning Services and parishioners of St. Monica's, for cleaning our churches in preparation for the celebration of Public Masses this past Saturday. We cannot thank-you enough for volunteering your time and effort to help us get ready!
VIRTUAL EVENTS THIS WEEK
Faith 2 Fitt (Faith and Fitness) Every Saturday at 8:00 am on Facebook Live
Facebook.com/FaithandfitnesswithSandra
Resuming of Public Masses
Masses will be celebrated at St. Lucy Church at 4:00 pm on Saturdays and 10:00 am on Sundays. Masses will be
celebrated at St. Monica Church at 4:00 pm on Saturdays and 9:00 am and 12:00 pm on Sundays. Daily Masses
will be celebrated Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 9:00 am at Gethsemane Chapel.
Please do not arrive for Sunday Masses more than 30 minutes early to give us the ability to properly clean the
church before Mass begins. You do not need to sign up to attend Masses.
Confessions will be offered from 3:00-3:45pm on Saturday afternoons. Both churches will be open
1 hour before the 4:00pm Mass on Saturdays.
The obligation to attend Sunday Mass is still dispensed. If you or someone with whom you live with has a
vulnerable condition, please seriously consider NOT attending church yet. Daily Masses will continue to be
recorded and presented on our YouTube Channel. To access our YouTube Channel, please search
“St. Monica & St. Lucy” on YouTube. Daily Masses are uploaded by noon on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays. Sunday Masses are uploaded by 4:00 pm on Saturdays and aired on Methuen
Community TV (Comcast 22/Verizon 33) on Sundays at 5:00 pm.
• Parishioners five years and older are expected to wear masks while attending Mass. Children aged 2-5 yrs. old
will wear masks at the discretion of their parents.
• Maximum occupancy is determined as 40% of each building’s capacity together with the requirement of
maintaining 6’ between members of different households.
• There will be a single point of entry at both churches and Gethsemane chapel. It will be the main doors.
• If we reach capacity, parishioners will be asked to remain outside. A priest or deacon will bring communion out
to you.
• Ushers will greet and count parishioners as they enter the church.
• The floors of the churches will be marked with tape to direct traffic flow and ensure social distancing.
• Seats for a given household have been designated in every-other pew with green or blue painters tape.
Painters Tape has also been used to cordon off pews in order to abide by the 6’ social distancing guidelines.
• There are modified Communion procedures which will be reviewed at each Mass.
• There will be no congregational singing. No missalettes, and no choir.
• Priests and deacons will fulfill all liturgical ministries during mass apart from cantor and organist.
• There will be no sign of peace nor holding hands during the Our Father.
• There should be no congregating in the church building before or after Mass.
• Although we are blessed to resume the public celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, we have not
resumed communion outreach to the homebound at this point.
WHAT PARISHIONERS NEED TO KNOW
WHAT PARISHIONERS CAN EXPECT
HIGHLIGHTS MAY 31, 2020
ST. LUCY PARISH SATURDAY, MAY 30 4:00 pm Vincent and Mary Rizzo SUNDAY, MAY 31 10:00 am Carole Charles Aurel Dupuis and Margaret Moreau
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ST. MONICA PARISH SATURDAY, MAY 30 4:00 pm James and Jennie Slattery SUNDAY, MAY 31 9:00 am Deceased members of the Chouinard Family 12:00 pm Desire Farah MONDAY, JUNE 1 9:00 am (at Gethsemane Chapel) Living Mass Alexa M., JJ, Gerry, Kay, Carole, Jim M., Eileen, Pat, Gerta, Lucy, Pam, Hank, Eva, and Jeff Joan Rimas WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 9:00 am (at Gethsemane Chapel) Christine Ferguson FRIDAY, MAY 29 9:00 am (at Gethsemane Chapel) Real Taschereau SATURDAY, JUNE 6 4:00 pm Henry Foderaro
WORSHIP MAY 31, 2020
ST. MONICA SCHOOL MAY 31, 2020
Parish Offices: 254 Merrimack Street, Methuen
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm St. Monica School: 212 Lawrence St., Methuen
Parish Offices: (978) 683-1193 or (978) 686-3311
St. Monica School: (978) 686-1801 St. Vincent de Paul Society: (978) 686 - 9573
Parishes: [email protected] School: [email protected] methuencatholic.org stmonicalucymethuen facebook.com/methuencatholic/ YouTube
STAFF Fr. Darin Colarusso Pastor Fr. Joseph D’Onofrio Parochial Vicar Deacon John Pierce Permanent Deacon Deacon John Kobrenski Permanent Deacon Kera Mansour Business Manager Carolyn Leocata Administrative Assistant Isabela Peixoto Communications Associate Donna Henderson St. Monica School Principal Sharon Tully St. Monica School Administrative Assistant Karl Jackson Director of Faith Formation Eric Berthiaume Music Director - St. Monica Sharon Waning Choir Director/Lead Cantor - St. Lucy Dan Bolster Weekend Organist - St. Lucy Kevin Fitzgerald Facilities Manager (St. Lucy) & RCIA Coordinator
BULLETIN DEADLINE Mondays @ 10 am. Please email all bulletin notices to [email protected]
BAPTISMS Please call the parish office. St. Monica: 2nd Sun. of the month @ 1pm | St. Lucy: 3rd Sun. of the Month @ 1pm
MARRIAGES Please call the Parish Offices at least six months prior to the proposed wedding date and before booking a reception hall.
Sanctuary Candle for June St. Lucy Parish: Ralph Belmonte Sr.
Bulletin Sponsor of the Week Oak Forest Landscaping
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Please pray for our priests/seminarians/vocations daily. Pick up a Pray for Our Priests calendar and a seminarian prayer card at the back of the church or just use this list each day. Our priests and seminarians need our prayers and we should be praying for vocations!
New way to register:
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3. Select “I Belong to a Parish or Organization” 4. Find our parishes by name, zip, or our access code
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friends. After you register, please email Bonnie
Doherty at [email protected]. If you have any questions, please contact Bonnie at (978) 270 - 3366 or
at the email above.
IN LOVING MEMORY
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