This week at St. Mary of the Angels Parish
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Confessions:
Tuesday: 10 am-12 pm
Wednesday 4:30pm - 5:20 pm
Thurs.: 10 am-12 pm & 4:00 - 5:20 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wednesday 4:30pm - 5:20 pm
Thurs.: 10 am-12 pm & 4:00 - 5:20 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
*20 minutes before each mass*
Saturday Vigil Mass:
5:00pm English
6:30pm Polish
6:30pm Polish
Sunday Mass:
8am English
10am English
12:00pm Spanish
7:15pm English
10am English
12:00pm Spanish
7:15pm English
Kid's Corner
Looking for some Holy Week activities? Check out this ebook with lots of activities and ideas for the whole family!
Also take a look at this article from the Wall Street Journal: 100 (Nonscreen) Activities to Occupy Your Kids in Quarantine.
November 15, 2020
Renew My Church Preparation
As St. Mary of the Angels begins the Archdiocesan wide initiative of Renew My Church providing accurate information and transparency to you as a parishioner is a high priority for me as your Pastor. The Renew My Church process highlights four components in parish life: its Ministerial and Spiritual needs, with the monies need to fund it; Parishioner count and Mass attendance; Pastoral manageability, and Parish financial stability and facilities. Let's take a deeper look into each of these components and how it relates Renew My Church.
According to the Archdiocese, each parish in a viable grouping scenario should be able to meet:
- “Ministerial and spiritual needs of the parish: To enliven the work of evangelization, formation, worship, and pastoral care in today’s time and culture, parishes ordinarily will build a strong a staff team to support the pastor. Staff teams will be professionally trained and justly paid. To support this staffing and basic operations, such as paying utilities, parishes generally will need operating revenue of $750,000 or more (excluding rental income).
- “Parishioner count and Mass attendance: Based on the number of pastors expected to be available across the Archdiocese in the future, a minimum of 800 parishioners attending weekend Mass is generally needed to be assigned a full-time, resident pastor. In addition, parishes need enough people power (i.e, parishioner count) to support vibrant ministries.
- “Pastoral manageability: It is critical that our structures support our pastors and pastoral teams to focus as much time and energy as possible on ministry. These structures need to be realistic to manage, considering potential travel between campuses, sacramental coverage, and administrative, facility, and ministerial needs.
- “Parish financial stability and facilities: Parish financial stability and adequate, accessible and safe facilities with capacity for growth and affordable ongoing repair/maintenance.”
Yours in Christ,
Fr. John Waiss
ANSWER to last week’s question: Of the 20 Catholic churches in this area, did you know the three in our grouping?
St. Mary of the Angels; St. Hedwig (.8 miles); St. Aloysius (1.1 miles), and St. John Berchmans (1.7 miles).
Do you know… whether St. Mary of the Angels meets the operating income criteria on its own?
Yes
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No
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Not Sure
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Do you know.....how many people currently attend Mass each week at St. Mary of the Angels?
500
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800
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1200
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2500
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Do you know… Whether St. Mary of the Angels is able to maintain its current facilities and finances on its own?
Yes
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No
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Not Sure
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Mass Sign Up/Volunteering
We thank all of you who have been so generous with your time! Your help has enabled more people be able to receive the sacraments.
If you wish to help us open the church for more people, please consider joining our volunteers—as we have more volunteers more spots become available. May God reward you!
Sunday Mass November 14/15
Please sit together if you come together. Signup for: •1 social distancing spot, if you are 1 individual; •2 spots, if a party of 2 to 5; •3 spots–party of 6 to 10; •4 spots—party of 11 to 15. ***Spots INCREASE as VOLUNTEERS signup***
Virtual Baby Bottles
This year, the Women's Center will be doing their annual Baby Bottle Fundraiser virtually! Click the link below to sign up for your virtual Baby Bottle and donate to the Women's Center.
Online Giving
The safest and most hygienic way to give is online! As we are not taking up a collection at any of the masses, giving online is the easiest way to give to our parish family. We are so grateful for your generosity even during these tough times!
Click the button for e-giving.
Memorare Pledge
Let’s storm heaven with many prayers for growth and for the mission vitality of our parish! As of today there are 2,500 Memorares being prayed daily for this intention!
Pray the Memorare everyday, and let us know you are doing it by entering the number of Memorares you will pray daily in the pledge card we have available in the church. Click the button below to pledge how many memorares you can pray.
Made For More UPDATE
Some of you may have purchased tickets for the Made for More ( Christopher West ) presentation that was to be held at St Alphonsus last March. It was postponed and rescheduled for December 1st because of the Coronavirus.
NOW because of the coronavirus and travel restrictions it is being indefinitely postponed. As soon as a new date is agreed upon we will let you know. The Theology of the Body Institute still plans to do a live event and will honor the already purchased tickets so please hold onto them for the future event.
If you would like a refund and you bought the tickets here at the church please contact Dolores Puschautz from the Pro Life Group at momkapuschautz@yahoo.com.
Admissions News
It’s Admissions Season and we love referrals! We are now scheduling in-person, private school tours after school hours and on select Sundays (11/15, 12/13 & 1/31).
Applications are also being accepted for the 2021-22 academic year. Please spread the word to your family, friends and neighbors. Either refer them directly to Heather Kracik via email (admissions@sma-school.org), or have them register for a tour through the link below.
Thank you for spreading the word about our very special school!
PRAYER TO MARY DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
WRITTEN BY POPE FRANCIS
O Mary, you always shine on our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the cross took part in Jesus' pain, keeping your faith firm. You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need, and we are sure you will provide so that, as in Cana of Galilee, we may return to joy and to feasting after this time of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who has taken upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows to lead us, through the cross, to the joy of the resurrection.
Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
A Family of Faith
Our new, family-based, CCD program comes from Sophia Institute.
An increasing number of parishes around the USA have applied this program and achieved great success, revitalizing the faith of their students, parents, and parishes with the program.