South Boston, MA Gate of Heaven & St Brigid of Kildare Parishes & St. Augustine Chapel

May 24, 2020

GATE OF HEAVEN PARISH

ST. BRIGID OF KILDARE PARISH

with St. Augustine Cemetery Chapel South Boston, MA

PARISH STAFF Pastor: Rev. Robert E. Casey Parochial Vicar: Rev. Karlo Hocurscak

Priest Assistant in Residence: Msgr. Liam Bergin Deacon: Matthew Stewart, SJ Visiting Priests: Rev. Patrick Nolan, SJ, Rev. John Nichols

Confirmation Coordinator: Ms. Ellen McDonough Music Director, Organist: Ms. Carolyn Martin

Parish Secretary: Mrs. Karin Cannata Facilities Manager and Sacristan: Mr. Kevin Delehanty

Parish Office Assistants: Mrs. Carol Glenn South Boston Catholic Academy - Principal: Mrs. Helenann Civian

Seventh Sunday of Easter

May 24, 2020

Gate of Heaven & St Brigid of Kildare Parishes & St. Augustine Chapel South Boston, MA

Seventh Sunday of Easter 2020

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED TO VISITORS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

PLEASE USE EMAIL OR PHONE TO CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE - Leave a Voicemail on Extension - #10

IN EMERGENCY – PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE ON Fr. Casey’s Extension - #12

All Masses and Religious Services are suspended until the weekend of May 30th!

See following pages for more information Keep up to date by: 1. Visiting our websites 2. Following us on Facebook 3. Calling

Parish Office for Voice Updates on our automated system Churches will be closed until the weekend of May 30th

10:00AM MASS - Live Streamed - EVERY MORNING until Saturday, May 30th

Starting June 1st, Mass will be held in the Upper Church of Gate of Heaven - this Mass will also be live streamed

The Church Bells of St Brigid Church and Gate of Heaven Church will ring at 3PM every day

For the Nurses, Doctors, First Responders, National Guard, Military and all those workers who everyday sacrifice

keeping us healthy, fed and safe. It’s our way of supporting them and letting them know how much we appreciate them.

You are in our Prayers daily! God Bless America!

Grocery Shopping Assistance: If you or someone you know is not able to grocery shop during this time, we have several parishioners who have volunteered to help with shopping. Please call the office between the hours of 10AM and 2PM, Monday through

Thursday with your name and telephone number and we will have a volunteer contact you. Leave a message on Extension #10

St. Vincent dePaul Assistance The Gate of Heaven and St. Brigid St. Vincent DePaul Society is ready to help anyone who is in need of assistance in these challenging times.

If you are in need please go to the Gate of Heaven Church (enter at Ramp Door) on the following Monday evenings at 7PM.

June 1

To receive the Parish Weekly Bulletin in your email inbox each week sign up at the following Web Address: http://www.pilotbulletins.net/sign-up/

Keep up with Parish news during this unprecedented suspension of our Masses and Religious Services. If you would like to be on our Parish email list - please email gateofheav-

enstbrigid@gmail.com and we will send you updates from our Parish.

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PRAYERS FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL Please pray for all those serving in our armed forces at home and abroad, especially:

BM3 Phil Allison, U.S. Coast Guard; Braedan Kerins, U.S. Army; Seaman Vincina Lonergan, U.S. Navy; U.S. Air Force; Senior Airman Melanie Signor, U.S. Air Force; Private Michael Doherty Walsh,

U.S. Marine Corps; Seaman Aiden Sullivan Tobias, U.S. Navy; Seaman Casey Flaherty, U.S. Coast Guard; Spc. Shane Dillon, U.S. Army; SN Alexis Byrne, U.S. Navy; P.F.C. Patrick McAloney, U.S. Marine Corps; Cpl.

Ronnie Holmes, U.S. Army Rangers

PRAYERS FOR THE DECEASED

Please remember in your prayers our deceased relatives, friends & parishioners, espe-

cially for those whose Funeral Masses were celebrated this past

Week.

GATE OF HEAVEN STEEPLE Lit in Memory of

Vinny and Peggy Collins

ST. BRIGID PARISH - WEEK OF APRIL 19TH Mailed-In Weekly Offertory: $1,865.00

Online Giving: $1,112.00 Total Giving: $2,977.00

Needed each week to meet the budget: $6,150.00

GATE OF HEAVEN PARISH - WEEK OF APRIL 19TH

Mailed-In Weekly Offertory: $1,281.00 Online Giving: $1,769.00 Total Giving: $3,050.00

Needed each week to meet the budget: $6,150.00

PARISH OFFERTORY SUPPORT

St. Augustine Chapel Mailed-In Weekly Offertory: $85.00

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK Please remember in your prayers all our parishioners who are sick, in the hospital or in a nursing home, especially

Benjamin Cohen, Genevieve Bonk, Margaret Baldner, Little Ava Considine, Eileen O’Connor, Maryanne Caputo, Paula Donaldson Bent, Ruth Barbara McGilvery, Margaret Kelly,

Tom Keenan, Ed Byrne, Bob Kelley, Robert Messina, Willie Wilson, Sarah Robbins,

Jane Santangelo, Bill Hanrahan, and John Kenney

Baptisms & Baptism Preparation Classes

Please prepare for your child’s Baptism by calling the Parish Office.

The next dates for Baptisms are: St. Brigid Church (at 1:15PM):

TBD Gate of Heaven Church (at 1:15PM):

TBD Baptism Prep Class for New Parents (mandatory)

Meetings will be held in the Upper Church of St. Brigid at 7:00pm.

The next classes are (Mondays): TBD

Please call in advance to schedule Baptisms.

THE BELLS OF ST BRIGID Ring In Honor of

Health Care Workers

THE BELLS OF GATE OF HEAVEN Ring In Memory of

Paula O’Hara

Volunteers Needed Many of the requirements that have been placed before the Parish in order to safely cele-brate the Mass in our Churches require many volunteers to assist with different protocols.

If you can assist with cleaning, managing the traffic flow, and with the welcoming of parishioners, please contact the parish office:

email at GateOfHeavenStBrigid@gmail.com or call the office at 617-268-2122 ext 10.

Gate of Heaven & St Brigid of Kildare Parishes & St. Augustine Chapel South Boston, MA

Seventh Sunday of Easter 2020

“Functioning as a Parish Community amidst the Corona Virus – A Slow Transition Back to Normal”

Important Message – Please Read First

Cardinal Sean continues to dispense all Catholics from the Sunday Mass obligation. This will be in place for the foreseeable future. Catholics are not obliged to go to Sunday Mass due to

current pandemic and the continued risks. The Cardinal strongly encourages people in vulnerable populations, especially the elderly and those with complicating physical conditions to continue to watch via Live stream on our website or on Catholic TV.

LIVE STREAMING on our Parish Website will continue!

When will our Parish Masses resume? Pentecost Sunday – “The Birthday of the Church”

Saturday Afternoon Mass, May 30th 4:00PM at Gate of Heaven Church – Also Live-Stream

Sunday Morning Mass, May 31st 8:00AM at St. Brigid Church

10:00AM at Gate of Heaven Church - Also Live-Stream

Daily Mass Monday June 1st – Friday June 5th 9:00AM Mass at Gate of Heaven Upper Church

Parishioner Requirements to attend Mass

1. All those attending Mass – MUST wear a mask. 2. Parishioners are encouraged to bring their own hand sanitizer with them. 3. Missalettes and Holy Water cannot be used. 4. Social distancing is required – must have 6 feet between each other, including when processing up to receive communion. 5. Congregation singing will not be allowed. 6. Communion will be distributed in the hand only. 7. 40% occupancy in each church must be adhered to.

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Attending Mass while COVID-19 is still active in our community will be noticeably different.

The following are requirements we all must follow: Stay at home if you feel sick.

• Strict social distancing will be required. • Tape will be placed in the aisles to promote the 6-foot requirement. • Collections are not allowed, and the passing of the collection basket will be suspended. Collection baskets will be situated at the doors of the Church.

Online Giving is encouraged. • Congregants who are not coming forward to receive Holy Communion or a blessing should still get out

of their pews as others approach, so that no one will have to climb over anyone else.

• Parishioners may well decide not to receive Holy Communion if they feel the risk is too high, and that decision will be honored and respected. • Single file and one-way traffic flow will need to be followed when Communion is distributed. • At least every other pew will be roped off. • Holy Water Fonts will be empty. • Choir will not be allowed . • There will be no social gatherings either before or after Mass. • Signage will be required to display requirements of social distancing, masks and sanitizing. • The Church will need to be sanitized after every Mass – this will require parishioners to volunteer to • assist with this protocol. • Participants at Mass would be encouraged to leave the church within a couple of minutes of the end of

the Mass so as to allow for time for cleaning the church before the next Mass. Row by row exiting, directed by the trained volunteers, is encouraged. • All members of the congregation need to wear masks, with a few exceptions: Children under the age of two should not wear masks. Parents should judge for children between the ages of two and five whether they should wear a mask. All people who claim an exemption because of health can forego wearing a mask. The priest and others with him while in the sanctuary do not need to wear masks as long as strict social

distancing is maintained.

Remember: Stay at Home Advisory still in Effect in Massachusetts People over the age of 65 and people who have underlying health conditions – who are at high risk for

COVID-19 – should continue to stay home except for essential errands.

• All residents are REQUIRED to cover their face when they cannot maintain six feet of social distance in public.

• Refrain from visiting nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, or other residential care settings.

• All residents are advised to wash their hands frequently for at least 20 seconds with soapy water.

• All residents are advised to be vigilant, monitor for symptoms and stay home if you feel sick.

• Use remote modes of communication like phone or video chat or LIVE-Steam instead of visiting friends or family who are high risk for COVID-19.

WE ECOURAGE ALL PARISHIONERS TO BE PRUDENT – DURING FIRST PHASE OF RE-OPENING

Gate of Heaven & St Brigid of Kildare Parishes & St. Augustine Chapel South Boston, MA

Seventh Sunday of Easter 2020

SOUTH BOSTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY 1000 CLUB DRAWING

April and May Winners! APRIL 2020 – 1000 CLUB WINNERS

#411 Joan Hurley; #914 Judith Zarnoch; #584 Michelle Bickford; #768 Mary DiPerri; #000 Marie Anderson; #834 Jennifer Zarnoch; #822 Jacqueline Shea Brown; #274 Sally Connolly;

#843 Jacqueline O’Brien; #444 Billy and Elaine Barrett; #156 Patricia Desaulniers; #804 Lisa Connolly; #647 Geraldine Wyse; #667 Ann Fisher; #372 Ann Mascal

MAY 2020 – 1000 CLUB WINNERS #328 Charlene Kinneavy; #988 Molly Manning; #381 James Graham; #323 Marie Reilly;

#743 Judy Rushe; #533 Josephine Stack; #624 Patricia Lorento; #962 Mary DiPerri; #956 Frank and Margo Crowley; #942 Louise Bognanno; #114 Regina Linehan;

#908 Cathlin Corbitt; #246 Francis Coronity; #725 Chuck Feltch; #832 Jim Donovan

Thanks to all who support our school through the 1000 Club Drawings!

Thank you for using your Parish’s Online

Giving during this unprecedented National

Emergency. The Parishioners who use the

service are pleased with how easy it is to set

up and manage. If you have not yet signed

up for Online Giving, please consider this option so that

our Parish bills can be paid during the suspension of

Masses. This is a perfect tool for anyone who shops

online! By using Online Giving you are helping the par-

ish improve our operational efficiency. Visit our parish

website at www.gateofheavenstbrigid.org and select

Online Giving.

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