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Our Mission Statement
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Trusting in the will of the Father and guidance of the Holy Spirit, the community of Holy Family Catholic Parish is striving to become active disciples of Christ by reaching out to all through love, understanding, care, and sharing in faith and prayer.
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letter to parishioners of holy family parish
HOLY FAMILY PARISH IS REOPENING !!!
(in a limited capacity)
Dear Parishioner:
WELCOME BACK! For your information:
A general dispensation from the Sunday obligation of attending Mass is still in effect.
COVID-19 is still a threat to public health, especially to the elderly, and those with pre-existing conditions and immune deficiency should stay home to lower their risk of contracting the virus.
If you have any symptoms of COVID-19, such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose, or sore throat, you must stay home.
Attendance at Masses is limited. We are in stage one of re-opening which is a maximum of 30% capacity or 45 parishioners maximum per Mass. This also applies to funerals and weddings.
Initially, seating will take place on a “first come, first served” basis.
All parishioners must wear non-medical or homemade face masks while attending Mass (except for those under age 5). Those who have medical reasons for not wearing a facemask should not attend Mass.
Physical distancing of 6 feet or 2 metres must be adhered to at all times and in all directions between parishioners who are not from the same household.
Proper hand hygiene, using sanitizer, is required on entering and exiting the Church.
Hand washing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is required in the washroom facilities.
Please cover mouth and nose with elbow when coughing or sneezing. Wash or sanitize hands after.
Please refrain from contact with high-touch/shared surfaces as much as possible.
Safety is number one so disinfecting of pews and high-touch surfaces and washrooms will occur after each Mass.
Your name, phone number, and e-mail (if applicable and agreeable) will be recorded upon entrance to the Church in order to be able to trace contacts with Algoma Public Health in the event a parishioner tests positive for COVID-19.
Ushers will escort you to a seating area, based on your family unit of one, two, or more living in the same household, and beginning from the front end of the Church to the back and exiting Mass from the back to the front, always maintaining physical distance of six feet or two metres.
Liturgical changes will occur in how we celebrate Mass and receive Holy Communion.
A general “Amen” response to “Body of Christ” will occur by the whole parish before approaching to receive Holy Communion.
It is not necessary to receive Holy Communion during Mass and once can legitimately remain in one’s seat.
Holy Communion, while observing physical distancing in approach, may only be received in the hand while your facemask is still on. Take a few steps to the side, remove your mask on one side using the elasticized ear hook, place the host in your mouth, then re-engage your mask and continue to your seating area. No congregational singing other than responses “Amen” and “And with your spirit”. Spoken responses should be in a low voice.
There will be no physical contact. Please use a smile, bow or wave during the exchange of peace signs.
All hymn and prayer books and other papers have been removed from pews as they are difficult to sanitize. You may bring and use your own prayer book and take it home without contact or sharing with others.
No collections will be taken. Please deposit any donations in the secure container provided after entering the Church.
No congregating or socializing of parishioners before or after Mass.
Volunteers are requested to serve as entrance greeters, ushers, cleaners of pews, elevators and washrooms during and after each Mass. You may call the Secretary or Father at 705-253-5523 to submit your name.
15 czerwca 2020 r
PARAFIA RODZINY ŚWIĘTEJ Otwarta !!!
(w ograniczonej pojemności – 45 osób)
Drodzy Parafianie: WITAMY SPOWROTEM!
Co należy pamiętać:
1.Nadal obowiązuje ogólna dyspensa od niedzielnego obowiązku uczestnictwa we Mszy.
2.COVID-19 nadal stanowi zagrożenie dla zdrowia publicznego, szcze -gólnie dla osób starszych, a osoby z wcześniej istniejącymi schorzeniami i niedoborem odporności powinny pozostać w domu, aby zmniejszyć ryzyko zarażenia wirusem.
3.Jeśli masz jakiekolwiek objawy COVID-19, takie jak kaszel, gorączka, duszność, katar lub ból gardła, musisz pozostać w domu.
4.Uczestnictwo w mszach jest ograniczone. Jesteśmy w pierwszym etapie ponownego otwarcia, które wynosi maksymalnie 30% pojem-ności lub maksymalnie 45 parafian na Mszę. Dotyczy to również po-grzebów i wesel.
5.Początkowo siedzenia będą odbywać się na zasadzie „kto pierwszy, ten lepszy”.
6.W kosciele wszyscy parafianie muszą nosić niemedyczne lub domowe maski na twarz (z wyjątkiem osób poniżej 5 roku życia). Ci, którzy mają medyczne powody, by nie nosić maski na twarz, nie powinni uczestniczyć w mszy.
7.Fizyczne odległości 6 stóp lub 2 metrów muszą być przestrzegane przez cały czas i we wszystkich kierunkach między parafianami, którzy nie pochodzą z tego samego gospodarstwa domowego.
8.Wchodząc do Kościoła i wychodząc z niego, wymagana jest właściwa higiena rąk przy użyciu środków dezynfekujących. Mycie rąk mydłem i wodą przez co najmniej 20 sekund jest wymagane w toaletach.
8.Podczas kaszlu lub kichania zakrywaj usta i nos łokciem. Następnie umyj lub odkaż ręce.
9.Proszę powstrzymać się od kontaktu z powierzchniami dotykowymi / współdzielonymi w jak największym stopniu.
10.Bezpieczeństwo jest na pierwszym miejscu, dlatego po każdej Mszy nastąpi dezynfekcja ławek i powierzchni dotykowych oraz umywalni.
11.Twoje imię i nazwisko, numer telefonu i e-mail (jeśli dotyczy i możliwe do uzgodnienia) zostaną zapisane przy wejściu do Kościoła, aby móc śledzić kontakty z Algoma Public Health na wypadek, gdyby pa-rafianin uzyskał pozytywny wynik na COVID-19.
12. Wprowadzjący eskortują cię do ławki. Rodziny składającej się z jednego, dwóch lub więcej osób mieszkających w tym samym domu siedzą razem. Z kościoła pierwsi wychodzą od ołtarza i wychodząc z Mszy św. Zawsze obowiązuje utrzymywanie fizycznej odległości sześ-ciu stóp lub dwóch metrów.
13.Nastąpią zmiany liturgiczne w sposobie odprawiania Mszy świętej i przyjmowania Komunii świętej.
14.Ogólna reakcja „Amen” na „Ciało Chrystusa” nastąpi przed całą parafią przed przystąpieniem do Komunii świętej.
Do Komunii św. przystępujemy zachowując dystans, wyciagając dłoń,
jak najdalej, i kapłan też wyciąga dłoń jak najdalej.
15.Komunię Świętą można przyjmować tylko na dłoni, gdy maska na twarzy jest nadal założona. Zrób kilka kroków w bok, zdejmij maskę z jednej strony za pomocą elastycznego zaczepu na ucho, umieść Najświętszy Sakrament w ustach, a następnie ponownie załóż maskę i przejdź do miejsca siedzącego.
16. Żadnego śpiewu zbiorowego poza odpowiedziami „Amen” i „I waszym duchem”.
Odpowiedzi głosowe powinny być ciche.
17.Nie będzie kontaktu fizycznego. Podczas wymiany znaków pokoju używaj uśmiechu, lub ukłonu.
18. Wszystkie hymny, modlitewniki i inne dokumenty zostały usunięte z ławek, ponieważ są trudne do dezynfekcji. Możesz zabrać ze sobą własny modlitewnik i zabrać go do domu bez kontaktu lub dzielenia się z innymi.
19.Nie będzie zbierana kolekta-ofiara. Wszelkie datki należy składać do przygotowanego kosza po wejściu lub przy wyjściu z Kościoła.
20.Zakaz gromadzenia się i spotkań towarzyskich parafian przed lub po Mszy św.
21. Poszukujemy Wolontariuszy do wprowadzania powitanie ludzi, pomocników do odkażania ławek, windy i umywalni podczas i po każdej Mszy.
Możesz zadzwonić do Sekretarki lub księdza
pod numer 705-253-5523, aby zgłosić się do pomocy podając swoje imię i nazwisko i czas, kiedy możesz usłużyć. -
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CALENDAR FOR PARISH HALL EVENTS (bookings are cancelled)
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called to serve
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CALLED TO SERVE' HIGHLIGHTS VOCATION STORIESEveryone has a story. In this new series "Called to Serve" we profile various people who God has called to serve the Church and highlight their journey of discernment and faith in their lives. Click below to go to all series.
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Mass Times - must comply with the rules of the diocese
- Saturday: 4:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Sunday: 9:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN 11:00 AM PolishPolskiPL
- Wed Thu 9:30 AM EnglishEnglishEN
- Wed Fri 7:00 PM PolishPolskiPL
- Friday: 3:00 PM BilingualBilingualBI
- Saturday: 8:30 AM BilingualBilingualBI
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Confession Times
- Thursday: 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM 30 min before Mass.
- Friday: 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM 30 min after Mass.
- Saturday: 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM 30 min after Mass. 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM 30 min before Mass. 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM 30 min after Mass. Or upon request. Call Fr. Boguslaw for appointment.
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 DN 7:9-10, 13-14Responsorial Psalm PS 97:1-2, 5-6, 9Reading II 2 PT 1:16-19Gospel MT 17:1-9
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Ordination of Chad Franklin to transitional deaconate
ORDINATION ANNOUNCEMENT - MR. CHAD FRANKLIN
In a spirit of joy-filled thanksgiving, the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie announces the Ordination of Mr. Chadwick Franklin to the Transitional Diaconate. The Sacrament of Holy Orders of a Deacon will be celebrated by The Most Reverend Marcel Damphousse at Christ the King Church, Sudbury on Friday, August 14. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, attendance at the ordination, for both clergy and laity, will be by invitation only. Please remember Chad in your prayers as he prepares to be ordained to the Ministry of Deacon. The ordination will be live-streamed on August 14 at 12:00pm at www.christthekinglive.com -
congratulations fr. boguslaw on you 45th anniversary of prieshood
Message from Fr. Be Jay
"Always thank God for everything ..."
I too am thankful to God after the celebration of my 45 years of priesthood. Now comes the time for my human gratitude. Thank you for the Holy Masses, the cards, the gifts, for lunches, dinners, and breakfasts delivered to my door and those that I have consumed in your home and with your families. It is right and beneficial for me to thank You and to thank God of infinite goodness, who formed Your hearts in such a way that I may use this goodness. Grateful to God and to you for the mystery of your human goodness, I am full of admiration for everyone: Thank you! & God bless you! By joining you with a grateful heart, I praise God. May God always be with You. May he support and bless you. Let Him reward your generosity and care for one another and for me, your priest. I can see the Father's hand of the Merciful God, who through Your attitude supports and cares for me. Let faith protect you from the world's lust. My boat over-flows the sandbar, but I am aware of Your Love, Lord. And This Love is the greatest treasure, which survives the greatest abandonment, even when no one knocks on the door.
Please, O Lord, help to remove sadness from our hearts. Wake up in us to be sowers of joy. On the day of my priestly Jubilee, Lord take us into your embrace. Help us to rise! Jesus, you alone take us up on your shoulders ... Let us rise again with you. Therefore, I humbly ask you Brothers and Sisters for prayers.
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requirements needed when attending daily mass
DAILY MASS ATTENDANCE
REMINDER: If you plan to attend a daily Mass, you are reminded of the following requirements:
- Wear a homemade or disposable face mask prior to entering the Church.
- Print your name, phone number, (and e-mail) in the book/sign-in sheet near the door entrance. Please ensure that the correct date and time of the Mass are recorded above your sign-in.
- Spray both hands with disinfecting sanitizer (at top of stairs on ledge on right side in a spray bottle).
- Try not to touch high-touch/shared surface areas on the way in and out.
- Please sit in pews in first available seating from front to back, ensuring physical distancing (6 feet or 2 metres).
- Ensure you are physical distancing (6 feet or 2 metres) when entering, sitting, for Communion, and exiting.
- Hand washing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is required if using the washroom facilities.
- Please cover mouth and nose with elbow when coughing or sneezing. Wash or sanitize hands after.
- Spray both hands with disinfecting sanitizer prior to exiting the Church.
DISINFECTING SURFACES AFTER MASS:
- Using rubber gloves and disinfecting spray bottles (next to exit to elevator), sanitize all touch points:
- pew seating areas where parishioners sat - backs and seat
- top of pews ahead of pews where parishioners sat
- top ends of all pews, even closed pews
- kneelers (where used)
- any door handles, door knobs
- all railings (stair area into church and any others that were used - to basement, to handicapped entrance)
- light switches
- elevator buttons (if elevator was used)
- if "Reader" sat near altar, disinfect that area
IF WASHROOMS WERE USED:
- Using rubber gloves and disinfecting spray bottles (next to washrooms), sanitize all touch points:
- paper towel button
- sink countertop
- sink handles
- toilet handles
- toilet seat
- railing at stairs to basement
Remember to place used cleaning cloths in used container for laundering. Please place disposable gloves and masks in bucket near entrance to the Church.
PLEASE VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH DISINFECTING THE CHURCH FOR THE NEXT MASS TO KEEP ALL PARISHIONERS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
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daily 3 minute retreat
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- Saint of the Day
- Message of His Holiness: Pope Francis
- The Holy Rosary
- Divine Mercy Chaplet
- St. John Paul II Prayer
- Prayer for Our Church
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Saint of the day
Image: Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome | photo by Gary Ullah from UK Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica
Saint of the Day for August 5
The Story of the Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica
First raised at the order of Pope Liberius in the mid-fourth century, the Liberian basilica was rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III shortly after the Council of Ephesus affirmed Mary’s title as Mother of God in 431. Rededicated at that time to the Mother of God, St. Mary Major is the largest church in the world honoring God through Mary. Standing atop one of Rome’s seven hills, the Esquiline, it has survived many restorations without losing its character as an early Roman basilica. Its interior retains three naves divided by colonnades in the style of Constantine’s era. Fifth-century mosaics on its walls testify to its antiquity.
St. Mary Major is one of the four Roman basilicas known as patriarchal cathedrals in memory of the first centers of the Church. St. John Lateran represents Rome, the See of Peter; St. Paul Outside the Walls, the See of Alexandria, allegedly the see presided over by Mark; St. Peter’s, the See of Constantinople; and St. Mary’s, the See of Antioch, where Mary is supposed to have spent most of her later life.
One legend, unreported before the year 1000, gives another name to this feast: Our Lady of the Snows. According to that story, a wealthy Roman couple pledged their fortune to the Mother of God. In affirmation, she produced a miraculous summer snowfall and told them to build a church on the site. The legend was long celebrated by releasing a shower of white rose petals from the basilica’s dome every August 5.
Reflection
Theological debate over Christ’s nature as God and man reached fever pitch in Constantinople in the early fifth century. The chaplain of Bishop Nestorius began preaching against the title Theotokos, “Mother of God,” insisting that the Virgin was mother only of the human Jesus. Nestorius agreed, decreeing that Mary would henceforth be named “Mother of Christ” in his see. The people of Constantinople virtually revolted against their bishop’s refutation of a cherished belief. When the Council of Ephesus refuted Nestorius, believers took to the streets, enthusiastically chanting, “Theotokos! Theotokos!”
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The Holy Rosary
"...Say the Rosary every day Pray, pray a lot and offer the sacrifices for sinners.
I'm the Lady of the Rosary, Only I will be able to help you.
In the end My Immaculate Heart will triumph."
- Our Lady of FatimaCome and pray the rosary live around the world.
The 15 Promises to those who pray the Holy RosaryGreeting Mary with Hail Mary’s is like offering her roses
The practice of the Rosary dates back to the 11th century, when the illiterate religious recited Pater Nosters and Ave Marias in the place of the office in choir. These monks who could not read recited 150 Ave Marias, in lieu of the 150 psalms: this was called the Psalter of Mary. The Dominican Alain de la Roche spread the recitation of the Rosary in the 15th century. The Catholic rosary, made up of beads grouped in five decades, is the material object used for reciting the Rosary which includes joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious sets of mysteries.
… The word “rosary” means a crown of flowers …and comes from courtly love. A "rosarium," meaning "field of roses," denoted a collection of poems that a knight dedicated to his lady. To greet Mary with Ave Marias is like offering her roses by meditating with her on the gospel.
Pope Francis is very devoted to the Rosary. His secretary shared on Vatican Radio on March 10, 2014, that "the Pope does not waste a minute, he works tirelessly. When he feels the need for a short pause, he sits down and recites the Rosary. He prays three of them a day. He says: ‘It helps me relax.’ "
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How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a relatively recent but very popular devotion revealed by Our Lord to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun. On Good Friday 1937, Christ appeared to Saint Faustina and asked her to recite this chaplet for nine days, starting on Good Friday and ending on the Octave of Easter (the Sunday after Easter Sunday), now known as Divine Mercy Sunday. Click Here for instruction as to how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Divine Mercy Chaplet sung and prayed by Donna Cori Gibson.
Experience the Power of Divine Mercy Every Day
Start each day off right! Join tens of thousands of Catholics receiving brief, daily reflections from the Diary of St. Faustina every morning.
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St. John Paul II said this prayer every day
Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
O comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God’s hand we own;
Thou, promise of the Father, Thou
Who dost the tongue with power imbue.Kindle our sense from above,
and make our hearts o’erflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh supply.Far from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of life aside.Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit blest.Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
henceforth by all in earth and heaven. Amen.
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PRAYER FOR OUR CHURCH
Heavenly Father,In every age, you have been our refuge.Yet again and still, we stand before you asking for your protection on your holy Church.For the victims of abuse and their families,pour out your healing and your peace.For the Bishops of this country,continue to inspire their decisions,and guide them with your Spirit.For the thousands of good and faithful priests,who have followed yourcall to serve you and your people in holiness,sustain them by your grace.For the faithful who are angry, confused, and searching for answers,embrace them with your love,restore their trust,console them with your clear Gospel message,and renew them with your sacraments.We place our Church in your hands,for without you we can do nothing.May Jesus, our High Priest and true compass,continue to lead her in every thought and action –to be an instrument of justice,a source of consolation,a sacrament of unity,and a manifestation of your faithful covenant.Grant this through that same Jesus Christ, our Lord,who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Credit:Rita Thiron,Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commission
