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March 24, 2013/24 de Marzo 2013
Solemnity of Pentecost
May 31, 2020
“… Welcome the stranger, serve the poor, free the oppressed, speak out for justice, and love one another.”
DUE TO COVID-19: MASSES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED
The suspension for all public Masses continues. We are working on a plan for
reopening.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Sacramento de la Reconciliación:
English: Saturday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm (or contact the office for an appt.) Español: Jueves: 7:00pm-8:00p
Sa bado: 2:00pm-4pm Sacrament of Baptism: Contact the office for information. Anointing and Visitation of the Sick: Contact the Pastor or the Parochial Vicar Served by the Passionist
Community
Opening Our Hearts to Christ and to the World Abriendo Nuestros Corazones a Cristo y al Mundo
Phone: 404-696-6704 Fax: 404-696-4735 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. After Hours/Emergency Line: 304-280-3588
Email: [email protected]
Website: saintpaulofthecross.org St-Paul-of-the-Cross-Catholic-Church
Follow@SaintPaulATL
Pastoral Staff Rev. Fr. Jerome McKenna, C.P., Pastor
Rev. Fr. Patrick Daugherty, C.P. Parochial Vicar Rev. Fr. Luis A. Lopez Galarza, C.P., Parochial Vicar
Rev. Mr. Joseph Goolsby, Deacon (Retired) Rev. Mr. George Smith, Deacon
Parish Information
“...RECIBAN AL ESPI RITU SANTO…”
Juan, 20:22
“...RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT…”
John 20:22
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SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST MAY 31, 2020
Stewardship
NEW INFORMATION: DURING CORONA-19 PERIOD
The Archdiocese of Atlanta has announced that the dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass remains in effect through June 28, 2020. If live with someone, or care for someone in a high risk category, we strongly encourage you to attend live streamed Mass. We also in-vite you to benefit of the spiritual resources you will find just by clicking here.
What to expect when our parish is safely ready to reopen: Based on the guidelines from the Archdiocese, the CDC and the local authorities, below there is a list of requirements you would need to comply with in order to attend Mass onsite (Reopening date has not been deter-mined yet, however, it is important to be aware of the new safety guidelines). We will divide the guidelines into PRIOR, DURING and AFTER.
Guidelines to comply PRIOR to attending Mass on site:
The number of attendees will be limited. We will be using Ticket Source to register to attend Mass.
All parishioners are asked to take their temperature prior to coming to Mass. If anyone in your family has a tempera-ture of 99.6 degrees or greater, or exhibits any symptoms of illness, everyone in the family needs to stay home.
The doors will be open approximately 15 minutes prior to the start of Mass.
All parishioners must bring their own face mask and must wear it throughout the Mass.
It is strongly recommended not to bring children under 12 years old to attend Mass onsite.
Your temperature will be taken, if your temperature is 99.6 or more you and your household would be asked to go back home.
Before you are directed to your seat, you will need to sanitized your hands at the sanitizing stations.
To ensure safe distancing, seating will be configured differently and ushers will direct you to your seat.
The restrooms will be closed. There will be availability of a bathroom for emergency use only.
We will be covering the DURING and AFTER Mass guidelines in the next week's parish bulletin. Please keep informed through the Bulletin, Announcements, Calling Posts, Website and social media platforms such as Facebook and/or Twitter. If you would like to receive notifications via e-mail, please contact Patricia at: [email protected] or call 404-696-6704. Your cooperation will be the most important factor in this transition to a healthy and safe come back to our Parish.
The Pastor’s Corner
May 17, 2020 $7,507.54 Total Needed: 12,500.00
Offertory: Online $1,849.54 Mail-ins/Walk-ins $5,658.00 Other Collections and Contributions: Capital Campaign $1,100.00 Ascension $100.00 St. Vincent de Paul (Local) $60.00 Catholic Communications $55.00 Georgia Bulletin $23.00 Debt Reduction $10.00
Masses at Saint Paul of the Cross Catholic Church are still suspended, we are working towards a
safe and healthy reopening.
My dear Parishioners, Today we bring to a close the fifty days of Easter cele-bration only to welcome the Gift of Jesus and the Father, their Holy Spirit, to enlighten and guide us as a pilgrim people through this world to the ultimate goal of our journey. The Holy Sprit, the very Soul of the Church, is an unimaginable source of strength for all of us and we must rely on that strength to see us through these very trying days. The Spirit will not fail us, we know, but we can fail the Spirit by closing ourselves off from her influ-ence in our lives and our world. We do that by relying solely on human abilities which are good but not fully capable of accomplishing all that God wants from us. This past Lent and Easter have been different than any other in our lifetime. The coronavirus has deprived us of so much, not just our freedom and things that have made life livable like jobs and social events, travel and com-munity worship. But, strange as it may seem, the Holy Spirit has been at work in many of us, allowing us to settle for the essentials in life, to do without our usual comforts and to look more seriously at our lives, the life of our sisters and brothers ,especially those who have been suffering and dying. As of this week, in this coun-try alone, over 100,000 lives have been taken by this new virus. But others have perished as well, some before our very eyes, from a more destructive virus than COVID-19. Its name is Racism; it is more destructive because it affects not only the body but more devastatingly reaches into and permeates the soul with blind hatred. Some rightfully call it the Original Sin of this nation. The Holy Spirit of God, the Spirit of Love, can empow-er us to take on both and win the battle because nothing, NOTHING, is more powerful than Divine Love. But we must muster up the courage to open ourselves up as indi-viduals and as a nation and allow that Spirit to enter in. But it is such an arduous task. Nevertheless, we must undertake it. Now is the moment! If we– all of us - put as much energy into annihilating racism as scientists are investing in the arrest of COVID-19, the Holy Spirit, working through us, will erase RACISM-2020 from the heart of our nation and our world. —Fr. Jerome, C.P.
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SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST MAY 31, 2020
Our Sick, Homebound, Recovering And Hospitalized
Ben Lynch Gwendolyn Kelly Mary Williams Lynda Porcher Catherine Goolsby Grady Belcher Leila Glover Angela Morales Josie Johnson Vivian Lee Billie Rosendall
Eleanor Kimbrough Humberto Palacio Phyllis Dews Clement Lisi Dolores Walker
Donald Kendrick, Sr Father Tom Brislin, C.P.
Ms. Patricia Elguera, Administrative Assistant Ms. Veronica Hodges-Johnson, Religious Ed. Ms. Kristi Crawford, Youth Ministry Dr. Sonja Rosse, Music Director Mr. Elmer Cortez, Bookkeeper Mr. Edgardo Rubio, Facilities Manager
Parish News
and other events
Our Parish Staff
Coming Events
June 6: Worship Commission Conference Call at 10am June 9: Pastoral Council Conference Call at 7pm June 12-13: 2020 Eucharistic Congress - CANCELLED June 14:Social Justice Commission Conference Call at 1pm June 17: Finance Council Conference Call at 7:15pm June 19: Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus June 20: Solemnity of the Immaculate Heart of the
Each week during May-June, prayers relating to COVID-19 are suggested. Let us pray this week:
For World Health:
O Heavenly Father, I pray today for the recovery of our world from this pandemic. Lead us and guide us. Help us find safe ways to be together, reconnecting with friends and family. Lead us to a new normal, keeping the virus at bay, yet resuming life together in community. Lord, grant us patience and flexibility as we adjust to new ways, for our world may still feel different, even as we venture out from our homes. Help us to move through these changes with grace and adaptability. In all this I pray through Jesus’ name, Amen. Promise to Protect. Pledge to Heal.
We want to help you get your life back. YOU matter. YOU are family.
We are here to listen and take action!
To report abuse by church personnel: Archdiocese of Atlanta 24 Hour Reporting
Hotline: 888-437-0764
Worship Commission Conference Call Saturday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m.
Pastoral Council Conference Call Tuesday, June 9 At 7:00 p.m.
If you are a 2020 high school, college or post-college graduate, St. Paul will recognize you on the Website and the Parish Bulletin on June 28. Please complete and return this form to [email protected] before Sunday, June 14th with an electronic photo preferably in graduation attire (Cap and gown).
PARISH RECEIVES GRANT FROM CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA
St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church is pleased to announce that we received a disbursement check of $6,500 from the Parish Assistance Fund at the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia. These funds have been used toward the cost of the GA Bulletin for 2017 & 2018
We deeply appreciate your ongoing financial support during these stressful times. We encourage you to join the growing number of online contributors. To access our electronic forms of giving, simply click on the DONATE button on our website homepage. You may also drop your envelope at the Rectory Office, mail it to our street address, or use the banking online bill pay service. Once again, MANY THANKS!
SOLEMNIDAD DE PENTECOSTÉS 31 DE MAYO DE 2020
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¡Bienvenidos a San Pablo de la Cruz!
Horas de Oficina: Lunes-Viernes, de 9am- 4pm. P. Patrick Daugherty, CP: 404-696-6704 Ext. 11 * P. Luis Lopez-Galarza, CP: 404-696-6704
Teléfono (Oficina): 404-696-6704 * Teléfono (Emergencia): 347-819-5968 Correo Electro nico: [email protected]
Website: saintpaulofthecross.org
Si eres un graduado de la escuela secundaria, universidad o posgrado 2020, San Pablo de la Cruz lo reconocera en el sitio web y en el Boletí n Parroquial
el 28 de junio. Completa y enví a esta forma a [email protected] antes del domingo 14 de junio junto con una foto electro nica preferiblemente en at-uendo de graduacio n (toga y birrete).
Apreciamos sinceramente su continuo apoyo financiero durante estos tiempos estresantes. Es gratificante observar el creciente nu mero de con-tribuyentes en lí nea. Para acceder a nuestras forma electro nica de donacion, simplemente haga clic en el boto n DONAR en la pa gina de inicio de nuestro sitio web, o haga click aquí . Tambie n puede traer su ofrenda al buzon negro, localizado por la puerta de la Rectoria.
Las Misas en la Iglesia Católica San Pablo de la Cruz todavía están suspendidas, estamos trabajando para una reapertura segura y saludable.
NUEVOS ANUNCIOS DURANTE EL PERIODO DE COVID-19: La Arquidio cesis de Atlanta ha anunciado que la exencio n de la obligacio n de asistir a Misa permanecera vigente hasta el 28 de junio de 2020. Si usted esta , vive con alguien o cuida a alguien en una categorí a de alto riesgo, le recomendamos que continue asistiendo a Misa a trave s de las transmisio n en vivo. Tambie n lo invitamos a bene-ficiarse de los recursos espirituales que encontrara ha-ciendo clic aquí .
Que regulaciones esperar cuando nuestra parroquia este lista para reabrir: Segu n las pautas de la Arquidio cesis, del CDC y las autoridades locales, a continuacio n hay una lista de requisitos que debera cumplir para poder asistir a misa en la Iglesia (La fecha de reapertura au n no se ha determinado, sin embargo, es importante conocer las nuevas pautas de seguridad con tiempo). Dividiremos las pautas en ANTES, DURANTE y DESPUE S de Misa. Pautas a cumplir ANTES de asistir a misa en la Iglesia:
El nu mero de asistentes sera limitado. Utilizaremos Ticket Source para registrarse para asistir a misa.
Se les pide a todos los feligreses que tomen su temper-atura antes de venir a Misa. Si alguien en su familia tiene una temperatura de 99.6 grados o ma s, o muestra algu n sí ntoma de enfermedad, todos los miembros de la familia deben quedarse en casa.
Las puertas estara n abiertas aproximadamente 15 minutos antes del comienzo de la Misa.
Cada semana en el calendario de mayo, encontrara una peticio n de oracio n. Oremos esta semana:
Por la Salud Mundial:
Padre celestial, rezamos hoy por la recuperación de nuestro mundo. Guíanos y ayúdanos a encontrar formas seguras de estar juntos, reconectándonos con amigos y
familiares. Llévanos a una nueva normalidad, mantenien-do a raya el virus y, a la vez, reanudando la vida en
comunidad. Señor, concédenos paciencia y flexibilidad mientras nos adaptamos a nuevas regulaciones. Ayúdanos
a aceptar estos cambios con gracia y adaptabilidad. Oramos en el nombre de Jesús, Amén.
Todos los feligreses deben traer su propia ma scara facial y deben usarla durante toda la Misa.
Se recomienda encarecidamente no traer nin os menores de 12 an os para asistir a Misa.
Antes de ingresar se le tomara la temperatura, si su temperatura es de 99.6 grados o ma s, usted y su famil-ia debera n regresar a casa.
Antes de ser sentado debera sanitizarse las manos en las estaciones de sanitizacio n.
Para garantizar un distanciamiento seguro, los asien-tos se configurara n de manera diferente y los aco-modadores lo dirigira n a su asiento.
Los ban os estara n cerrados. Habra disponibilidad de un ban o solo para uso de emergencia.
Cubriremos las pautas DURANTE y DESPUE S de la Misa en el boletí n parroquial de la pro xima semana. Man-te ngase informado a trave s del Boletí n, anuncios, sitios web y plataformas de redes sociales como Facebook y / o Twitter. Si desea recibir notificaciones por correo electro nico, comuní quese con Patricia Elguera a: [email protected] o llame al 404-696-6704. Su cooperacio n sera el factor ma s importante en esta transicio n hacia un regreso saludable y seguro a nuestra parroquia.