CHURCH OF ST. SAVIOUR

WE CELEBRATE EUCHARIST:

WEEKEND MASSES

5:00 pm: Saturday Evening

9:30 am: Sunday Morning

11:30 am: Sunday Morning

WEEKDAY MASSES

8:30 am

Confessions First Saturday of the month in the church from 4:00-4:30 PM. By appointment for all other times.

WHO IS WELCOME IN ST. SAVIOUR CHURCH?

Are you a sinner? Have you been away from the church for a long time? Are you divorced or separated? Are you physically or

mentally challenged? Are you from a different culture? Are you not accepted because of your sexual orientation? Are you

elderly, a teen or young adult? Are you discriminated against because of your color? Are you feeling broken? Are you poor or

out of work? Have you been imprisoned? Have you a feeling that you are left out? You are welcome here! This is your home,

and we are your family!

May 24, 2020

A FEW WORDS FROM OUR PASTOR

It has now been 10 weeks since we have last seen each other together in Church and as I write this, I

still have no idea when we will be able to return to Church. In his press conference on Monday, May

18th, Governor Cuomo pointed out that the re-opening of churches and places of worship fall into

“phase 4” of the re-opening of New York State. As we are all painfully aware, here in NYC we haven’t

even reached “phase 1” yet. So we are going to need to be a little more patient and open when it is safe

to do so. Here in the Diocese of Brooklyn we have already lost too many priests, deacons, religious

sisters, and hundreds of faithful Catholics in these last few months. We cannot risk losing anymore by

opening up prematurely.

In the meantime, as we look forward to the day we can re-open, Father Terry has graciously agreed

to “map-out” our church following the social distancing guidelines given to us by our governor, mayor

and the diocese. (We are blessed to have a priest who also happens to be an architect helping us with

weekday and Sunday Masses here at Saint Saviour). We will need to “rope-off” two pews in between

each pew we use for seating and then measure across six feet and place an “X” where a person may sit.

Father Kevin’s Church (Saint John the Evangelist) has pretty much the same seating capacity as Saint

Saviour (about 700 people), and after allowing for social distancing, his seating capacity was reduced

to 120 people. As a result, presuming our seating capacity turns out to be similar to that at Father

Kevin’s Church, we are going to run into a problem with regards to our 9:30am Family Mass since this

Mass has far more than 120 people attending. Hence, we are tentatively contemplating turning our

Parish Hall back into a lower church (temporarily) to accommodate the over-flow crowd. That

would mean we would have two Masses going on simultaneously at 9:30am – one upstairs and one

downstairs. The other two weekend Masses never reach more than 120 people so we should be ok.

I’ll share more details when the time gets closer to re-opening and we have clearer directives.

Remember, we will follow the directives of our governor and our bishop when the time comes for us to

re-open.

Now I would like to share with you a “Good News” story here at Saint Saviour. On Friday evening,

May 15th, our Diocesan television channel NET TV did a beautiful story on our very own Saint Saviour

High School. It chronicled how our principal, Mrs. Carolann Timpone, along with a handful of faculty

members, went to the homes of each of our 64 graduating Seniors on a Saturday morning and delivered

lawn signs congratulating them as the “Class of 2020.” So many of our Senior girls were shocked and

surprised to see their high school principal on a Saturday morning congratulating them and giving them

a token of their HS Graduation to be displayed in front of their house. We have one in front of the

Rectory and you can see the picture of the sign at the base of the outdoor cross. We are so very proud

of our Graduates, who have attained $16 million dollars in scholarships for college. I am hoping we

can put the link on our parish website, if not, you can google NET TV – Diocese of Brooklyn and

watch the segment for yourselves. Our little high school in Park Slope is truly something to be very

proud of right now!

Finally, please try your best to continue submitting your weekly offering envelopes if you are

financially able to do so. Simply drop your offering envelope in the Rectory Mailbox. With the

passing of each week, fewer and fewer donations are being brought in. I am so grateful to all our

parishioners who keep dropping their envelopes in the mailbox every week.

Please know that you are ALL in my daily prayers.

Father Frank

Here at Saint Saviour we wanted to thank all our

doctors, nurses, EMT’s and first responders for the

great job they’ve done during this challenging time

with a simple sign that now hangs on our window in

front of the Rectory.

Below the cross you’ll find the sign each of our High

School seniors received last week congratulating

them on their upcoming graduation.

Here’s a photo of our High School Seniors receiving

their graduation signs congratulating them on their

success. We are so grateful to our principal, Mrs.

Timpone, and our dedicated faculty for delivering

each of these signs to the homes of our seniors! We

are so proud of them!

Sunday, May 24, THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Fina Carrazana (Birthday Remembrace)/ Sal Capozucca Monday, May 25, Easter Weekday Ed and Rose Dunn Tuesday, May 26, Saint Philip Neri, Priest Marie Joyce Wednesday, May 27, Easter Weekday Anna Hvala (Anniversary) Thursday, May 28, Easter Weekday For those afflicted with Coronavirus Friday, May 29, Easter Weekday For those afflicted with Coronavirus Saturday, May 30, Easter Weekday Lorraine Foley Sunday, May 31, PENTECOST SUNDAY People of the Parish

Parents, your child’s school has set up a Remote Learning Plan to ensure that your child’s education continues during this difficult time. Your child’s religious education is equally important. Working with Pflaum Publishing company your child can receive the Gospel Weekly online. There are also some supplementary materials available. These materials are available for all the families in Saint Saviour Parish. Go to: www.pflaumweeklies.com sign-in: user name: walshm@csjbrentwood.org Password: 611Eighth Where it says “What is Pflaum Doing” ……. Look for “click here to learn more” Click and you will see Lesson Downloads Scroll and you will see a list of lessons click on your child’s level: Promise K-1 Good News 2-3 Venture 4-5-6 Vision 7-8

THE BISHOP ENCOURAGES THE

FAITHFUL TO WATCH THE

CELEBRATION OF MASS ON

TELEVISION ON THE DIOCESAN

CHANNEL NET-TV:

SPECTRUM (CHANNEL 97),

OPTIMUM (CHANNEL 30)

FIOS (CHANNEL 48)

DAILY MASS LIVE from the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. Tune in weekdays at 8 AM for the Mass in English and at 9 AM for the Mass in Spanish .

HOLY MASS LIVE from the Cathedral Basilica

of St. James. Tune in weekdays at 12 noon (encored at 5 PM)

and Sundays at 11 AM.

“RCIA Classes are being

offered via Zoom until

Pentecost May 31, 2020.

Classes are held on Sunday

mornings at 10:00 am.

Any parishioners interested in participating

are welcome. Please send an email to:

Jim Halliday: jrhalliday@gmail.com or

Barbara Bolton: mcgillbolt@yahoo.com.

A return email will be sent out with

the Zoom URL for the meeting

prior to each class.”