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Limited Reopening of Weekday Masses
On May 8, Bishop Boyea extended the delay of the public celebration of Masses until June 1. However, he did allow the pastors to celebrate weekday Masses with a limited number in attendance. After a discussion with the staff, we are going to start having Masses on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:00 am. Monday Masses will be at St. Joseph Church. Wednesday and Friday Masses will be at St. Paul Church. There will be some very stringent guidelines to adhere to, if you choose not to follow the guidelines please do not plan on attending Mass. We may have to adjust in the coming weeks and months. I ask for your patience and extension of charity to all staff members, volunteers, and Mass attendees during this time.
Please be aware of these preliminary items:
1. The parish offices remain closed to the public at this time. This includes the church hall and the public restrooms.
2. Weekday Masses will begin on Monday, May 18. The general dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation remains in place for all persons in the Diocese of Lansing.
3. Anyone attending Mass does so at their own risk. Vulnerable, at-risk, and otherwise concerned persons should remain at home.
4. Each family or individual person will be allowed to attend Mass once per week as the schedule allows. As we see what the demand is this may be adjusted. All attendees must sign up via the step by step system explained below. Anyone presenting themselves for admittance to Mass without having utilized this process will not be granted access to the church..
5. We will resume hearing confessions this Saturday, May 17 from 2:30-3:30 pm at St. Paul Church. Please wear a mask, confession will be behind a screen, do not wait until the last minute to come, at 3:45 pm the church will be emptied to get ready to record Sunday Mass.
Guidelines for signing up and attending Mass:
1. Ensure that you are not ill. Any persons who are ill, elderly or immunocompromised should remain home.
2. To sign up to attend Mass click here to fill out the form.
3. The schedule is released two weeks at a time and each person or family will be allowed entrance to Mass once per week. Depending on demand this may change.
4. The daily cutoff time for signing up for Mass is 24 hours before the Mass begins. To sign up for Monday you must sign up by Friday at Noon.
5. If you are truly unable to sign up online, please call the office (989-723-4277) and leave a voicemail (extension #1101) with your first and last name, phone number, date request. If you have called to sign up, please do not attend Mass unless confirmed with the office. Please use this option only if you have no other recourse. ONLY LEAVE A MESSAGE AT THIS NUMBER, NO OTHER MESSAGES WILL BE CHECKED REGULARLY.
6. On the day and time, you have selected, come to the church 15 minutes before Mass. The NORTH DOORS coming from the main parking lot at St. Joseph and the EAST DOORS ONLY at St. Paul will be propped open and Dave will be in a mask at the door to check your name off of the predetermined list. Once he verbally recognizes you have signed up for that particular Mass you may enter the church. The church doors will be locked 5 minutes before Mass. Please do not knock on the door or try to get in if you are late.
7. You should not plan to leave during Mass except in the event of an emergency. Restrooms will not be available.
8. Please wear a mask to Mass, you can remove the mask prior to receiving communion.
9. Sit only in the designated pews at the designated spots. The spots will be clearly marked with tape attached to the pews. Retain a distance of 6 feet between you and any other person unless they are in your household.
10. When you enter the Communion line maintain a distance of 6 feet between you and the persons in front of and behind you. Move slowly and carefully to execute this correctly. At this time, for health reasons, you can only receive communion in the hand.
11. Approach the priest one at a time.
12. Return to your pew in an orderly fashion and sit in the exact same place you were seated before.
13. At the end of Mass please exit the church immediately so as to allow for proper sanitation. Please maintain physical distancing as you do.
14. You are all in my prayers daily! I look forward to seeing you in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass soon. If you have any questions, please email ctinsey@stpaulowosso.org or call (989)723-4277 ext, 1102.
Abundant Blessings, Fr. Michael O'Brien -
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Prayer for St. Paul School
Oh good and gracious God, We praise you and thank you for the gift of St. Paul Catholic School where the message of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection is proclaimed. It is a sacred privilege to prepare each child to have a personal relationship with Jesus.
Listen to our prayers as we ask you, Lord, to increase our enrollment of students so they can benefit from a Catholic education, where Christ’s love abounds; and that our school grows in nurturing the souls and forms the minds of its students for generations to come.
We ask these blessings in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen
For every five times, you pray the prayer above, fill out an electronic form that can be found by clicking here or by the cross in St. Paul Church or by clicking here. Place it in the basket by the cross. For every five prayers said a stone will be added to the cross and we will watch as our prayers grow!
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Acts 25:13b-21Responsorial Psalm 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20abGospel Jn 21:15-19
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Parish Mission StatementWe the Catholic Community of Owosso, by our Baptism, are called to be a joyful Eucharistic people of prayer, to live the
Word of God, and nourish souls by celebrating the Sacraments. With the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to teach and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. We strive to call forth the gifts and talents of each person so that they have the opportunity to grow in holiness to become missionary disciples. -
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Financial Misconduct Hotline Policy
The diocesan finance office has engaged Lighthouse Services to provide an anonymous ethics and compliance hotline for all employees of the juridic persons of the Diocese of Lansing. This hotline allows for an appropriate method to report fraud, unlawful, unethical and other types of improper behavior at it relates to temporal administration of juridic persons in the Diocese of Lansing.
Click here to access the Financial Misconduct Hotline Policy and the Lighthouse Services Incident Report Website.
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Confessions Resume
We will resume hearing confessions this Saturday, May 17 from 2:30-3:30 pm at St. Paul Church. Please wear a mask, confession will be behind a screen, do not wait until the last minute to come, at 3:45 pm the church will be emptied to get ready to record Sunday Mass.
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