Parish Council | Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church

The Parish Council will met Tuesday, Septembr 8, 2020, following 7 pm mass.

Minutes are being typed for distribution.

Announcements

Saturday, Sept 26, at 9a.m. OLP needs all hands on deck. Lots of work is needed both inside our building and outside. Loads of trimming, weeding, planting, and cleaning must get done. Please come and help. Thank you.

Religious Education Starts Wednesday, September 23rd!

Religious Education Resumes at Our Lady of Peace at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, September 23rd. Fr. Jim will be teaching all confirmation candidates and a parish volunteer will teach children ages 5-11. State and diocesan coronavirus regulations will be followed: students will be socially distanced and adult volunteers and children 10 and over will be requested to wear a facial covering.

If you would like to have your child participate, but have not yet contacted us, please write Chene Heady at headycr@longwood.edu or Fr. Jim at jimg301@juno.com

Mass for Sunday, September 20th is Now Posted!

The Mass for the third Sunday in September is now posted on the OLP website. Just look under the videos tab:

https://www.olpcatholicchurch.org/videos

Cleaning Committee--Volunteers Wanted

It's exciting that we have been able to resume mass at Our Lady of Peace. You may be unaware that one condition of our reopening is that we have to disinfect the pews both before and after mass. We are in need of volunteers to help perform this crucial work on a rotating basis. It only takes 20-30 minutes each time and you would be asked to do it less than once a month. Plus, you can do your job with the satisfication of knowing that everything that happens at mass is possible only because of your work. If you are interested in signing up for the Cleaning Committee, please email Bonnie Toth at:

bonnie3871@gmail.com

Attending Mass During COVID-19, in Three Simple Steps

Attending Mass during COVID-19, in Three Simple Steps:

Our Lady of Peace parish has now reopened for mass. Until the COVID-19 crisis is over, you should come to mass only if you do not fall into a vulnerable population and no one in your family is sick (if you don’t meet those conditions, you should watch mass on-line at home; our on-line masses will continue). If you are able to come to mass, just follow these three simple steps:

1. Wear a mask (homemade is fine). You will lift or remove the mask only when receiving communion. If you do not have a mask, an usher will provide you with one.

2. Maintain social distancing. Keep six feet away from anyone who does not belong to your family. Wave, rather than hugging or shaking hands; this includes the Sign of Peace.

3. Listen to your usher. The ushers understand all the complexities of the governor’s safety regulations and are our principal means of carrying them out. So during the coronavirus crisis, you should defer to your ushers the same way you would at a wedding. Just as at a wedding, you will be ushered to an assigned seat when you come in and you will be ushered out when you leave (do not leave until then). If for the next few months we can all pretend that we are at a wedding, we can all gather while still staying safe.