Weekday Mass Update
One small step…
A few days ago, the Governor permitted churches to start opening WEEKDAY Masses to the public. At this time, SUNDAY Mass will still be closed to the public and will continue to be shown on Facebook Live.Our first WEEKDAY Mass will be tomorrow Monday, June 1, 2020 at 8 AM.As we have grown used to, there will be a number of restrictions for WEEKDAY Mass:
+ Mass will be held in the church, NOT in the downstairs chapel
+ ONLY 10 people (not including the priest) will be allowed to attend
+ Masks covering your mouth and nose MUST be worn during the ceremony
+ Non-family members must remain 6 feet apart at all times
+ No homily
+ No shaking of hands during Sign of Peace
+ Holy Communion will be dispensed in the hand only. (Read more…)
Pentecost Virtual Retreat
Inspired by the impacts and fruits of last year’s all-night Pentecost Vigil, which was part of the Year of Awakening leading to our diocesan consecration, the diocese will offer “A Church of Mission and Purpose: A Virtual Pentecost Retreat,” beginning tomorrow, May 29 at 7 p.m. and concluding on Saturday, May 30 at 5 p.m. with a Vigil Mass of Pentecost, celebrated by Bishop James F. Checchio.
Participants who register for the Pentecost Retreat will have the opportunity to listen to live presentations, witness talks and take part in small breakout sessions. (Read more…)
Fr. Chester will be hearing confession THIS Saturday(5/23) from 4-5 PM!
I have a confession to make…
You’re in luck! Fr. Chester will be hearing confession
THIS Saturday (5/23) from 4-5 PM!
As always, strict rules apply:
1. ONLY 10 people will be allowed in the church at one time. Someone will be at the front door to maintain this occupancy limit. You MUST be wearing a mask to enter the church.
2. Please sit at least 6 feet apart in the church while waiting.
3. Confession will be administered in the sacristy where a 6 foot distance will be maintained. (Read more…)
Drive Thru Communion
On Sunday, St. Catherine’s will attempt to provide ‘Drive Thru Communion’.It is a delicate balance to be respectful of the Holy Eucharist while adhering to state and diocesan restrictions regarding COVID-19.
Here is the plan:
1. Fr. Chester and Deacon Steve will be in the church parking lot in masks and gloves.
2. Arrive in your car during the following times on Sunday:
a. 10:30-10:45 A.M.
b. 12:00-12:15 P.M.
c. Note that this is before and after the 11 AM mass on Facebook LIVE. (Read more…)
Live Streamed Recitation of the Holy Rosary
An Invitation by Bishop Checchio Live Streamed Recitation of the Holy Rosary
Followed by Live Streamed Mass The Cathedral of St. Francis, Metuchen
Friday, May 1st Beginning With Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 3:30pm,
Mass at 4:00pm
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I write to you with great hope and confidence that God is close to us in these very difficult days. We must never doubt that our daily concerns are His concerns too. And no one knows our needs better than Jesus’ own
mother, Mary.
Indeed Mary, who is the Mother of the Church and of each one of us, has a deeply intimate concern for us. In her motherly care, we will invoke her to look with tender mercy and compassion on the struggles, sickness, suffering and death that many have experienced in these past weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Read more…)
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Message from Bishop Checchio
Come Holy Spirit! Just like the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room on that first Pentecost, we prayed this past weekend with expectant faith for the coming of the Holy Spirit to renew the Church and the face of the earth once again!
Gratefully, as you likely heard, the Governor last Friday announced that health officials have green lighted the incremental lift of restrictions in our state and, as part of that, we will be able to safely gather in our churches again beginning on June 12. (Read more…)