1. August 15th Saturday: Feast of the Assumption, day of Obligation. Please keep our Motherland, India, in your prayers on this day of Indian independence.
2. August 29th Saturday: First Holy Communion.
3. August 16th, Sunday: Those who would like to participate in the Karshakasree award 2020, please register by August 16th, Sunday.
4. September 13th Sunday: We are celebrating our parish Feast of St. Mary on Sunday, September 13th. Kodiyettam will be on Friday, September 11th. We will start St.Mary's Novena on September 1st. Those who would like to sponsor the feast, please start to sign up. Due to the COVID circumstances, this year the sponsorship amount is $100.
5. Our church property is being surveyed. Hopefully, it will be done by next week. Once it is done, we will have the opportunity to have a tour of the property.
6. Last week, we had our monthly PC meeting. The meeting decided to form different committees for the maintenance and functioning of the church. The following are the committees and the lead members.
Inventory: Santhosh Manalil
Utility: Joseph Kadamthottu
Maintenance: Jijo Antony
Documents: Aney Chacko and Nirmala Joseph
Wallcovering at the Altar: Jacob Roy
Due to the COVID social distancing situation, we are offering three Sunday Masses ( one mass on Saturday evening and two masses on Sunday) every weekend which started on Sunday, August 2nd.
From now onwards Malayalam Holy Mass will be at 10:30 AM (NOT 11 AM) and there will be an English Mass at 12 Noon.
From Saturday, August 8th, the regular 9:00 AM Malayalam Mass and Novena will be moved to 6:00 PM. Those who would like to attend this Mass to fulfill the Sunday obligation are most welcome. This is only a temporary arrangement until we get back to the normal church activities. You are also welcome to attend this as a regular Saturday Mass with Novena.
Please see the following Mass schedule:
Monday – Friday: 6:00 PM
Saturday: 6 PM (From August 8th)
Sunday: 10:30 AM Malayalam Mass and 12 Noon English Mass
Please comply with the following guidelines to ensure everyone's safety:
1. You must wear a mask (bring your own mask) all the time while you are in the church including while going to receive the Holy Communion
2. Sanitize your hands before you enter the church. Church will provide the hand sanitizer
3. Keep six-foot social distancing at the church and we must stay within the limit of 110 people for the Mass.
4. After each Mass, the pews will be disinfected.
5. There won't be any social gathering, food, or coffee at the social hall.
If you have any health concerns, we encourage you to refrain from coming to the church.
All the Masses will be live-streamed at the same time when the Mass is celebrated.
Please keep our healthcare and frontline workers in your prayers.
Stay Safe and Healthy.
Thank you,
Achan and Trustees
