May 10, 2020 | Fifth Sunday of Easter

Sacrament of Reconciliation Tuesday, May 12th: 1:00 - 3:00 pmFriday, May 15th: 3:30 - 5:30 pmSaturday, May 16th: 3:30 - 4:30 pmAll sessions will be held in the cry room at the church or outside in front of the church (weather permitting) in accordance with the social distancing rules. Please call the parish office to make an appointment for an alternate time.

17 St. Patrick Lane | Rolla, MO 65401 | 573-364-1435 | http://church.stpatsrolla.org

St. Patrick Catholic Church

Mass Schedule and IntentionsSaturday, May 9th 5:00 p.m. ParishionersSunday, May 10th: Fifth Sunday of Easter 8:00 a.m. Al and Josephine Heil† 10:30 a.m. All PriestsTuesday, May 12th 6:00 p.m. Alice Virant† Wednesday, May 13th 8:15 a.m. Deceased members of the Schumacher and Diebold Families†Thursday, May 14th: Feast of Saint Mathias 7:00 a.m. Bill Tiddy† Friday, May 15th 8:15 a.m. Rex Bohm† Saturday, May 16th 5:00 p.m. Sandi MoyichSunday, May 17th: Sixth Sunday of Easter 8:00 a.m. Skylar Mitchell† 10:30 a.m. Parishioners

Parish StaffFr. Greg Meystrik, Pastor gmeystrik@stpatrickrolla.orgDeacon Michael Brooks mbrooks@rollanet.orgDeacon Chad Lewis chadlewis@email.comDeacon Thomas Manion tcmbrowntrout9@gmail.comDeacon Matthew McLaughlin mcl@rollanet.orgTony Arnold, School Principal aarnold@stpatrickrolla.orgTom Kasza, Campus Minister rollacatholiccm@gmail.comConnie Bolbecher, Parish Bookkeeper bookkeeper@stpatsrolla.orgKathy Rawson, Parish Administrative Assistant officeassist@stpatsrolla.orgDebbie Brinkley, Parish Receptionist receptionist@stpatsrolla.orgDoris Backes-Delp, School Administrative Assistant dbackesdelp@stpatrickrolla.orgMadonna Woelk, School Secretary mwoelk@stpatrickrolla.orgTheresa McCarthy-Brow, Newman Administrative Assistant newman@mst.edu

Phone NumbersParish Office 573-364-1435St. Patrick Catholic School 573-364-1162Newman Center 573-364-2133

Fifth Sunday of Easter - May 10, 2020

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Financial Information for May 3, 2020

Offertory Income $ 13,944.00Tithe/Offering through Diocese $ 696.00Easter Offering $ 375.00 Flower Donations $ 30.00Infirm Priest $ 310.00Home Missions $ 380.00Catholic Missourian $ 28.003 in 1 $ 30.00Communication and Education $ 10.00Electronic Contributions Weekly $ 760.00 Monthly $ 525.00

1st Reading: ACTS 6: 1-7Responsorial Psalm: PS 33: 1-2, 4-5, 18-192nd Reading: 1 PT 2: 4-9Gospel: JN 14: 1-12

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It is a great time to check out the FORMED website. You will find live programs, reflections, devotions, movies, and content for children. Registering for FORMED is easier than ever:• Go to formed.org/signup• Select your parish• Register with your name and email address• Check that email account for a link to begin using

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Pregnancy Resource Center Baby Bottle FundraiserIt’s time for Pregnancy Resource Center’s Baby bottle fundraiser! In order to be safe and to follow social distancing guidelines, it will be conducted completely on-line this year. Please go to https://secure.ministrysync.com/ministrysync/event/website/home/?e=20140 to register or to donate. Your very own baby bottle web-page will be created after you register. You can share your personal page with friends and family via social media and e-mail, asking them to help fill your baby bottle. It’s really easy and we can all help to save babies this way. For more information, please contact Joe Dalton at 4joedalton@gmail.com.

Prayer for MothersHeavenly Father, from the beginning you have chosen to entrust the human person to mothers in a special way.We thank and praise you for the gift of mothers;for their tenderness, care, and compassion,for their intuition and encouragement,for commitment and sacrifice.Bless all mothers this day.Keep, strengthen, and refresh themin your loving care.May they be blessed by our open-heartedlove and gratitude.Amen.

A Message from Fr. Greg: Public Masses began to be celebrated at St. Patrick Catholic Church on Tuesday, May 5th upon the expiration of the Rolla city stay-at-home ordinances. However, several things are markedly different than before COVID-19. Many of these differences are noted below; they relate specif-ically to social distancing and maintaining distances while moving into and out of church, pew seating, and during the communion procession. We do not intend to or foresee the need to change the Mass schedule at this time. Our parish will make every effort to keep you updated about any additional social distancing or occupancy limits requirements and restrictions. This is a work in progress. We depend upon your patience, generosity, and flexibility. Together we can do this and the Good Lord will provide for us. To protect the safety and health of the faithful and those attending Mass and to abide by guidelines issued by our state and local government and the Dio-cese of Jefferson City, the following will remain in effect until further notice, and will be respectfully, but firmly, enforced. Dispensation from Sunday Obligation - All the faithful are dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass through June 30, 2020. Those who at risk because of a health condition or who are over age 60, are strongly encouraged, for their own health and peace, to not attend public Mass for the time being. Health - Those who are symptomatic or who have been exposed to another with the virus within fourteen days are not permitted to enter the church. If you have had a fever of 100.4° (or higher), cough, etc during the past week, (whether COVID-19 related or not) you are asked to not attend Mass. All attendees are asked to check their temperature at home before coming to church. Mask - Everyone must wear a mask when entering and exiting church and during the Communion procession. You may remove your mask when seated in the pew. You must bring a personal mask with you. A homemade mask, a bandana, or a scarf wrapped and tied to serve as a mask will serve the purpose very well. We may soon have a very limited supply, but paper masks are in very short supply, and our parish is simply unable to provide them to every parishioner. Distance - Everyone must maintain a distance of six feet from family groups and/or other individuals at all times. This includes while entering and exiting the church, sitting in the pews, and during communion. Please follow the direction of ushers and any tapped or labeled signs or markings on the floor, pews, and aisles. Hymnals - All hymnals have been removed from the pews for the duration of the pandemic as directed by Bishop McKnight’s decree. You are invited to bring your own printed materials, smartphone, or another device to access prayers, readings, songs, etc. These are available through various websites and apps. Missalettes - During the first two weeks of May, you are encouraged to pick up a missalette and take it home with you. If you pick one up, please take it with you—it’s now yours. Printed materials are not to be redistributed or passed among parishioners. New missalettes will not be available in church until at least July. Holy Water Fonts - The fonts at the entrances of the church will remain empty. You may fill a holy water bottle for your personal or family use at home from the large stainless steel font in the back of the church. Collection Baskets - Two stationary collection baskets will be placed at the entrances for your tithe/offering to support the parish. They will be monitored by ushers at all times. Capacity - In order to maintain safe spacing for all, attendance at each Mass will be limited. These limits will be based on the social distancing require-ments described above. An updated occupancy limit may be established later on, but for now too many variables need to be worked out before we can establish such a limit. For weekend Masses, please arrive early and wait at the front door of church so that our ushers can direct you to your pew/seats. Please follow their directions so that as many as possible can be safely seated. Doors - When Mass begins at the stated time, no one else will be admitted so that we can maintain the safe capacity and distancing for all. In other words, don’t arrive late for Mass and expect to allowed into the church.

Tithing - Thank you for your generosity during this challenging time. Please continue to make use of automatic bank drafts, bill pay service through your bank or credit union, credit card offerings through the diocese, mailed con-tributions, or placing envelopes under the parish office door or in the slot on the rectory porch. The basket will not be passed during Mass, but stationary collections baskets will be placed at the entrances to the church at Mass.Live Streaming - Masses will continue to be live streamed, as possible Cleaning/Sanitizing of the Church - Pews and high traffic areas will be wiped down and sanitized and trash and other items will be removed from pews after each Mass.

What to Expect When You Come to Mass • The entry and exit doors will be propped opened before and after Mass.

Please do not use doors that are not open.• Ushers (masked and gloved) will be present at the entrances to make

sure that you have your mask on and direct you to an usher inside the church.

• An usher will direct you to a pew. To allow for social distancing, certain pews will be cordoned off so that at least a six foot separation exists in front, behind, and to each side of families and individuals. Please follow the instructions of the usher. You may remove your mask only when in the pew.

• A bow is encouraged during the Sign of Peace.• No holding of hands remains during the Lord’s Prayer.• Communion ministers will wear masks during the distribution of

Communion and sanitize their hands before and after the distribution of Holy Communion

• Ushers will direct processions at Communion. Communion lines will be single file - think MODOT zipper merge - two sides merging into one single file line, with at least 6 feet spacing between individuals. There will be floor markings to designate where to stand. You will wear your mask during the Communion procession.

• Reception of the Body of Christ will be administered only in the hand. When approaching the minister of communion, the following is prescribed

• The communion minister will say, “the Body of Christ.” • You say, “Amen” - WITH MASK ON• The communion minister will place Holy Communion in your hand—

one hand resting on the palm of the other hand. • You step to the side - pull your mask down below your chin/mouth,

receive communion and then replace the mask to the regular position and return to your pew.

• Reception of the Precious Blood has been suspended.• When Mass is over, the priest and ministers will return to the sacristy.

Ushers will dismiss you pew by pew in order to alleviate crowding. With the return of public Masses and celebrations in the parish, we all need to do what we can to be considerate of the needs of others. Many of us may want to go “full speed ahead” or to “get back to usual” again. However, expecting to go back to the way things used to be may be unrealistic. We may be in a pattern of a “new normal.” We must be careful and concerned about the needs of others and the weak. It’s quite possible that there may be a second wave or subsequent waves of the virus. Social distancing and being careful and washing our hands often are ways of showing love for our neigh-bor, respect for others, and community pride. So let’s be careful and cautious and take it slow and steady. Pope Francis recently shared these words of encouragement to the world: “In these days in which we are starting to have regulations coming out of quarantine, let us pray to the Lord that He gives His people, all of us, the grace of prudence and obedience to the regulations so that the pandemic does not return.”These past days and weeks have taken a toll on many community members - a toll spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially. May these coming days instill in all of us a sense of hope and peace. Let us not be reckless, but rather, thankful that by God’s grace we have been spared, have survived this time of trial, and been given a new outlook of thankfulness and a renewed joy and hope. Thank you for your patience, flexibility, good cheer, and faith. May God bless you and your families, friends, and neighbors. Fr. Greg

The Newman Center building is closed until further notice, but will be hosting on-line events on Zoom. The Zoom meeting room will be open 24/7 for students to log on and spend time together. Events will also be held at the same Zoom link:

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View the event calendar on the website:https://www.rollanewman.org/calendar.html

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Online Donations to St. Patrick Catholic ChurchThe diocese is modifying its on-line donations web-page to include the option of making your weekly/monthly offering to your parish through the diocese. This might be helpful to those of you who cannot get your offering to the parish office. To make your offering through the diocese to the parish use this link: https://diojeffcith.org/support-parish/ and select Rolla:St.Patrick.

Your tithe or offering can also be set up as a direct payment to the parish on a recurring weekly or monthly basis. Please contact Connie in the parish office at bookkeeper@stpatsrolla.org for more information.

Many thanks for your personal, spiritual, and financial support of our parish.

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“See how they love one another” THE CHURCH IN A PANDEMIC

WWEELLCCOOMMEE!! To ensure the health of all, please do not enter this building:

If you are ill

If you have symptoms of COVID-19

If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19

If you have a fever (verified with a thermometer)

Please be sure you wear a mask or other facial covering before entering

and observe all other instructions

from our hospitality ministers and on our signs.

Public health requirements may require us to limit

in-person attendance at some Masses, for the safety of all.

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Please continue to pray for one another.

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