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Collaborative Staff
Pastor: Rev. Peter DeFazio ([email protected])
Permanent Deacons: Paul Kline & Alejandro Iraola
Finance & Ops Manager: Susan McLeod
In Residence: Rev. Jerry Osterman, Rev. Joseph Ogazie, Rev. Charles Addai & Rev. Andrew Nkwocha (of St. Katherine Drexel)
Assisting: Monsignor Albert Contons, Rev. Aurelius Gricius, OFM & Rev. Jean Sassou
PENTECOST IS MAY 31ST
A SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING RESUMPTION OF PUBLIC MASSES ON P. 3
Official Facebook pages • South Boston-Seaport Catholic
Collaborative (YouTube channel under same name)
• St. Peters-South Boston
• St. Monica-St. Augustine
• St. Peter Lithuanian Parish
• St. Vincent, South Boston
Contacts Parish website:https://www.sbscatholic.org/
No Office Hours at the Present Time
Phone:(617) 268-8100 Fax: (617) 315-7099
LITHUANIAN APOSTOLATE:
please contact Daiva using the SBSCC address below or (617)433-0015. Acieu. SBSCC MAILING ADDRESS:
SBS CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE P.O. BOX 270799 S. BOSTON, MA 02127
FR. PETER MAY BE REACHED AT (617)268-8100 OR
Worship Sites
ST. PETER’S ST. MONICA’S 75 Flaherty Way 331 Old Colony Ave
TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO PUBLIC
For Facebook Masses go to https://www.facebook.com/SBSCatholic/ Point and click on the link! **New** YouTube Channel for Sunday Masses https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWLdFNjtpEH-C_msDz6Gjg/
Image: Ascension Window,
St. Peter’s Parish
“Parishes should feel no obligation or pressure to start [public] Masses before they are ready.”
-Rev. Paul Soper, May 19, 2020
PLEASE SEND US YOUR MASS INTENTIONS
OFFERED DURING PRIVATE MASSES STREAMED VIA FACEBOOK
WRITE TO [email protected]
“During this time of separation and anxi-ety, we will remember your special in-
tention during our time of prayer. We will print each prayer intentions and place them all in our prayer basket. The bas-
ket will stay on our altar until we are able to worship together once more.”
ONGOING MASS INTENTIONS
WE ARE STILL OFFERING THE MASSES FOR YOUR INTENTIONS AS WE RECEIVE THEM.
ANNOUNCED AT EACH MASS. Monsignor Contons and several other parishioners and friends have contracted the Corona virus. Monsignor has since fully recovered, and we thank God for this!
We are praying for the sick daily, asking for God’s grace during this time of global epidemic.
COLLECTION OFFERTORY OFERTORIO
Please Note: We are almost totally depend-ent upon your generous donations from the weekly offertory. We have no idea how we will survive if people do not help sustain us
during these times of shutdown.
Thank you God for healings received! ¡Gracias a Dios por las sanaciones recibidas!
Dear Friends: The Collaborative is participat-
ing in the #GivingTuesdayNow campaign to support our wor-ship sites and faith communi-ties (https://www.sbscatholic.org/giving). [This cam-paign will run from Tuesday May 5th until the end of May.] Over the past few weeks and months, the neighbor-hoods we serve have been hit hard, and through difficulties of separation from loved ones, sickness, the pain of loss, and hardship, our churches have offered daily masses and prayers to bring us closer to God’s healing love. With your assistance, may we continue to help bring the merciful love of Jesus Christ to a world in need of healing. Donations can be made by going to https://www.sbscatholic.org/giving. You can des-ignate your donation for either St. Peter Lithuanian or St. Monica Parish. Thank you and God bless you always! Queridos Hermanos, La Colaborativa participa en la campaña #GivingTuesdayNow para apoyar nuestros sitios de culto y comunidades de fe (https://www.sbscatholic.org/giving). [Esta campaña se ejecutará desde el martes 5 de mayo hasta finales de mayo]. En las últimas semanas y meses, los vecindarios a los que servimos se han visto muy afectados, y a través de las dificultades de separación de los seres queridos, la enfermedad, el dolor de la pérdida y las dificultades, nuestras iglesias han ofrecido misas y oraciones diarias para acercarnos a Dios. amor curativo Con su ayuda, que podamos continuar ayudando a llevar el amor misericordioso de Jesucristo a un mundo que necesita curación. Se pueden hacer donaciones yendo a https://www.sbscatholic.org/giving. Puede designar su donación para St. Peter Lithuanian o St. Monica Parish.
A Message from Fr. Peter, Deacon Alejandro, Deacon Paul, Susan McLeod and the SBSCC Team:
As residents of Massachusetts are aware, Governor Baker, Mayor Walsh, & Cardinal Sean have all announced that as part of Phase One of the gradual reopening of Massa-chusetts, houses of worship are being permitted to open under highly restricted guide-lines. At the time of this writing, the Archdiocese of Boston has invited the pastors and admin-istrators to begin the process of reopening. This reopening is to take place after careful and deliberate preparation. Furthermore, it is not an instantaneous process. Collabora-tives and parishes are to request permission from the Regional Bishop to resume public Masses, after ensuring the parishes have undertaken numerous precautions to ensure the safety of parishioners. While it was announced that parishes could resume public Masses as early as Satur-day evening, May 23rd., out of a commitment to caution, we have decided to not make this request just yet. The South Boston-Seaport Catholic Collaborative has a little bit of work to do before we can realistically ensure the safety of its people. On the next page, in the spirit of full transparency, the safety requirements are listed for your information. We hope to resume public Masses soon. But since we are required to meet all State, Mu-nicipal, and Archdiocesan guidelines, we want to move at a deliberate pace in order to feel confident that we are not compromising the health and safety of our staff, our parish-ioners, or our neighbors. We are seeking input from Parish Pastoral Council members this week as we determine the best course of action in light of our commitment to providing a safe environment and implementing a well thought out plan. We will keep you informed every step of the way. Thank you for your patience and trust as we attempt to deal with these unprecedented challenges in the most prudent ways possible. We hope that you find comfort in knowing that our online Sunday Mass will continue at 10:00 via Facebook and YouTube and we encourage you to join us from the safety of your home for the next several weeks. May God continue to bless, guide & protect you all!
WHAT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE TO RESUME PUBLIC WORSHIP SERVICES
(sidebars courtesy of Rev. Paul Soper) • Sign-ups in advance of Mass. (1) Because of the space limitations required
by social distancing plus the rule lim-
iting total number of people to no more than 40% capacity. (2) Because of the possible need for contact trac-ing. Contact tracing is a serious way of curtailing a future outbreak so it is taken quite seriously at this stage of re-opening. In the event of future out-breaks there could be a need for con-tact tracing. As people contact us to pre-register for Mass we can attempt to ensure we do not go over capacity. Walk-Ins are permitted not to exceed
church’s capacity. But these people would be asked for their names and contact information for reason #2 stated above.
• Within the church, social distancing must be main-tained: people must be 6’ minimum apart from one another. Couples, and parents with their children are the exceptions.
• Everyone older than five must wear a mask over their nose and mouth. • Everyone older than five must wear gloves. • Children three to five —masks and gloves are optional. • Children two years and less—masks are prohibited due to safety concerns (the potential of asphyxiation.) • We must take the steps of marking pews with painter’s tape, designating where people can sit.
***In light of the above, we need to ensure we have extra masks, gloves, & hand-sanitizer***
Sanitizing• We need to use biocidal/viricidal cleanser prior to resumption of
worship and then between every Mass/liturgy. Restrooms must also be sanitized after each Mass. No Paper in Pews •All paper song sheets and missalettes and booklets need to be thrown out or stored away. • Bul-
letins could be printed but...these cannot be left out.• Bulletins are ideally online but if the parish decides hard copies are needed, these could be handed out by a gloved volunteer as people exit the church.
Communion Guidelines • No Precious Blood. Body of Christ only. • Consecrated hosts are dropped into the hands of the parishioners by the priest, deacon, or lay minister. • “Purell” readily available for usage whenever the minister of communion accidentally touches a person’s hand. • People must space 6 feet apart. They must walk back down to their pews using side aisles. • It is permissible to decide for safety reasons to bring communion to the people in the pews.
Offertory• The offertory collection will not take place during the Mass at the usual time,
or manner.
Lectors & Choir• Lectors go to the ambo/lectern from the congregation and return
to the congregation. • Only one cantor and one musician is permitted. They must be distanced from each other. • No choirs during phase one. Summary of what we need to re-open the church. • A cadre of well-trained volunteers. These volunteers cannot be people from vulnerable populations, for their own health and safety. • Either volunteers or paid personnel to perform the cleaning/sanitization required.•
CALL US. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING A FOOD EMERGENCY, CALL (617)268-8100.
POR FAVOR. SI TIENE UNA EMERGENCIA DE COMIDA, LLÁMENOS. LLAMADA (617)268-8100.
BOSTON-SEAPORT CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE En Linea Liturgias: https://www.facebook.com/SBSCatholic/ en Español
Miércoles y Sabados/Domingos, 7 pm
Sunday Liturgies at 10 am (English) and 7 pm (Spanish) Via Facebook at the above link or YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWLdFNjtpEH-C_msDz6Gjg/
Live-Streaming via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SBSCatholic/
SOUTH BOSTON-SEAPORT CATHOLIC COLLABORATIVE Online Liturgies: https://www.facebook.com/SBSCatholic/
Most weekdays at 4 pm. Sundays 10 am.
Monica’s Kitchen Volunteers
Virtual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Preparing Meals for Seniors
Works of Mercy Continue (via Appointments)
Obras de Misericordia Continuar (a través de citas)
John Henry Cardinal Newman’s favorite little
prayer, “Come Holy Spirit”:
“Come Holy Spirit Make our ears to hear Make our eyes to see Make our mouths to speak Make our hearts to seek Make our hands to reach out And touch the world with your love. AMEN.”
PRAY FOR THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM ASCENSION THURSDAY TO THE EVE OF PENTECOST
