Church of St. Richard of Chichester Barnesville, PA
Parish Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Parish Office Hours:
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Parish Youtube Channel for Live Streaming & Recorded Masses & other Liturgies:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5YO_SqC1KeZsyFjO4vpw3Q
Daily Mass Schedule:
Monday @ 8:00 am
Tuesday @ 8:00 am
Wednesday @ 8:00 am
Thursday @ 6:00 pm
Friday @ 8:00 am
Saturday @ 3:30 pm
Confessions
Sunday Masses
Saturday Evening Vigil @ 4:00 pm
*Sunday @ 8:30 am
and
Sunday @ 10:30 am
( *watch on Parish YouTube channel)
Dear parish family,
St. John Paul II, Pope, wrote in his Encyclical Evangelium Vitae (E.V.) that:
“The Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus' message. Lovingly received day after day by the Church, it is to be preached with dauntless fidelity as "good news" to the people of every age and culture. At the dawn of salvation, it is the Birth of a Child which is proclaimed as joyful news:
"I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord" (Lk 2:10-11). The source of this "great joy" is the Birth of the Savior; but Christmas also reveals the full meaning of every human birth, and the joy which accompanies the Birth of the Messiah is thus seen to be the foundation and fulfillment of joy at every child born into the world (cf. Jn 16:21).” (E.V. #1)
Please pray in communion with the Church for the respect and legal protection of every human life from conception to natural death. This past Friday, January 22, 2021, all of the Dioceses in the United States observed “a day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee
of the right to life and penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion” on the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe vs. Wade (1973).
“The Church knows that this Gospel of life, which she has received from her Lord, has a profound and persuasive echo in the heart of every person-believer and non-believer alike-because it marvelously fulfills all the heart's expectations while infinitely surpassing them. Even in the midst of difficulties and uncertainties, every person sincerely open to truth and goodness can, by the light of reason and the hidden action of grace, come to recognize in the natural law written in the heart (cf. Rom 2:14-15) the sacred value of human life from its very beginning until its end, and can affirm the right of every human being to have this primary good respected to the highest degree. Upon the recognition of this right, every human community and the political community itself are founded.
In a special way, believers in Christ must defend and promote this right, aware as they are of the wonderful truth recalled by the Second Vatican Council: "By his incarnation the Son of God has united himself in some fashion with every human being.” This saving event reveals to humanity not only the boundless love of God who "so loved the world that he gave his only Son" (Jn 3:16), but also the incomparable value of every human person.” (E.V. #2)
May God bless you and keep you,
+ Rev. Eric Tolentino
Green Phase, Part 1
1. The faithful who attend Mass will be required to wear
masks and maintain social distancing.
Family groups may be seated together.
2. Please bring your own hand sanitizer.
3. For Sunday Masses, I plan to use the overflow Mass
procedure having some people seated in the lower church
hall with the Mass projected on the screen, while the Mass
is celebrated in the church. This procedure will be
eventually discontinued sometime during the Green
Phase Part 1 or 2, since more parishioners will be able to
attend Mass in the Church proper.
4. Sunday Mass attendance will be limited to 80 people
in the church (50% of the church seating capacity) and 20 people in the lower church hall for the overflow Mass procedure.
A maximum of 25 people permitted in the church hall
for non-liturgical functions.
5. Sunday Mass attendees may enter the church using
the ramp door only, 30 minutes before the
scheduled Mass.
6 Weekday Mass attendance will be limited to 80
people (50% of the church seating capacity) in the
church.
A maximum of 25 people permitted in the church hall
for non-liturgical functions.
7. Weekday Mass attendees may enter the church using
the ramp door only, 30 minutes before the scheduled
Mass.
8. The Saturday vigil Mass for Sunday will be at
4:00 PM .
Sunday morning Mass will be at 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Sunday 8:30 AM Masses will also continue to be
live-streamed for those unable to attend Mass.
This procedure will eventually be discontinued sometime
during the Green Phase Part 1 or 2, since more
parishioners will be able to attend Mass in the Church
proper.
9. Weekday Masses will be at 8:00 AM Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 6:00 PM
on Thursdays.
10. Holy Communion for people attending Mass will be
distributed immediately at the end of Mass in the Church
only. After the people, who attended Mass, receive
communion in the church, please exit using the ramp door
of the church. After finishing distributing Holy Communion
in the church after the Sunday Masses only, one of the
clergy will be available outside of church at the bottom of
the ramp to distribute communion to anyone in the parking
lot who was not able to attend Mass.
Diocesan Victim Assistance Coordinator::
Ms. Wendy S. Krisak, M.A.,NCC, LPC– Direct Phone: 800-791-9209
victimsassistance@allentowndiocese.org
Diocesan Secretary for Youth Protection & Catholic Human Services
Pamela Russo, MSW, MS - Phone: 610-871-5200 Ext. 2204
The Diocese of Allentown provides assistance to anyone who, as a minor, was sexually abused by a priest, deacon, or employee/volunteer of the Diocese/Parish. Parents, guardians, children, and survivors of sexual abuse are invited & encouraged to contact the Diocese of Allentown for more info about this program. The fullness of compassion should be extended to these victims by the Church. To lean more about the Diocese of Allentown’s Youth Protection
Programs, Sexual Abuse Policy, & Code of Conduct, please visit www.allentowndiocese.org & click on “Youth
Protection” in the upper right hand corner of the page.
Baptisms are celebrated after the 10:30 am Sunday Mass. Parents need to be registered parishioners and attend a Baptismal Preparation Class. At least one Godparent must be a practicing Catholic for a valid reception of Baptism and also obtain a Certificate of Eligibility from
their parish. Please call the parish office to schedule an appointment with the Pastor.
Arrangements should be made at least one year prior to the proposed wedding date to begin pre-nuptial instructions. Please call the parish office for more information and schedule an appointment with the Pastor.
Saturdays @ 3:30pm in the vestibule or call the rectory to schedule an appointment.
Certificates of Eligibility for Baptism & Confirmation require the sponsor to be an active & registered member of the parish. Please call the parish office to schedule an appointment with the Pastor.
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