Entries for June 2020

You can join Deacon Jacques and George & Debbie Nieves for communal prayer by phone throughout the week.  You are invited to call in at 7:00PM every evening (Sunday through Saturday) to participate in the Holy Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. EXCEPT this Saturday, July 4, you are invited to call in at 11:00AM.  There will be no phone call at 7:00PM on July 4. To participate, call 1-425-436-6397 and use the access code 296094# (If you have difficulty with this, first dial 1-209-399-9053, then Backup conference number: 425-436-6397, and finally the access code: 296094#) *The Holy Father has gran...

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Holy Communion will now be distributed at all parish Masses, both weekend and weekday, including funerals and nuptial Masses. Volunteers to assist with new Mass procedures -- either cleaning or the check-in/seating process -- are much needed.  Please call the Rectory Office at 516-489-8585 if you are willing to help and are not in a vulnerable category.  Please look out for announcements on the website and by other means to alert you to additions to our Mass schedule.  Please be aware that Bishop Barres has extended the dispensation from Sunday Mass attendance for now. Weekday Masses will resume on ...

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While Bishop Barres continues to offer a dispesation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, participation in televised Masses is certainly one way to continue worshipping. Below is a format for you to use in your own household perhaps at the usual time you would have come to Mass at St. Thomas:     Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ June 14, 2020   Greeting   Leader: O Lord, open my lips. All: And my mouth shall declare your praise.   Introductory Psalm - Psalm 95   Leader: Come, let us sing to the LORD and shout with joy to the Rock who s...

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I am happy to let you know that we will be resuming some Masses in our church and chapel this weekend, June 13-14.  In looking forward to this, I can truly say in the words of St. Paul, “How I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.” We are restarting by scheduling three Masses this weekend: 5:00PM Saturday evening and 10:00AM on Sunday in the church; 11:00AM on Sunday in the chapel. Each Mass will have limited capacity.  To avoid turning away anyone, please make a reservation for the Mass you choose on our parish website (click here) or by calling the parish offic...

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Church bells have been the traditional way to summon the congregation to worship. In the Catholic tradition they are also rung at 6:00AM, 12NOON and 6:00PM to invite Catholics to pray the Angelus. In our parish, we ring the Angelus twice, at 12NOON and 6:00PM.   Because in the current crisis people are not being invited to worship, we are taking advantage of our carillon technology to invite those within the sound of the carillon to pray in their homes. Our carillon plays these hymn tunes at the times indicated:*   11:00AM - Crown Him with Many Crowns 1:00PM - Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almigh...

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