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Each year we have helped families in the Arcade area who are in need at Christmas time.

If you would like to help a family in need, tags will be handed out after Masses on November 20th and 21st.

Gifts should be returned no later than December 11th and 12th.

This year, due to the pandemic, a representative will be in the vestibule and hand you a tag which will include the child’s name, age and size.

(For more information, please see the bulletin of November 14, 2021.)

The above is reprinted with slight modification from the bulletin of November 14, 2021.

U.S. Catholic Church to Observe National Vocation Awareness Week November 7th through the 13th

This week (November 7-13, 2021) is National Vocation Awareness Week. It is an annual celebration of the U.S. Catholic Church dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life through prayer and education, and calling the faithful to pray for and support those who are considering such a vocation.

The above is reprinted as select excerpts from the bulletin of November 7, 2021.

From the bulletin,

November 1st [2021] is not a Holy Day of Obligation this year.

For the health and safety of all, please see the following excerpt from a Diocese of Buffalo document:

“If a person does not feel well, has a temperature greater than or equal to
100°, or is experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, they should
stay home and seek medical attention.

When present in church, all participants should:
— Exercise coughing/sneezing etiquette;
— Limit what they touch;
— Limit personal contact such as hugging and hand shaking
— Wash hands properly and often.”

Also, please remember that masks are now mandated for everyone as you enter, move throughout the Church, as you are in line to receive Communion and upon leaving the Church. The only time you may remove your mask is when you are seated in your pew.

More sources of information: Bulletin | Masks at Mass: Fall 2021

Special Request:

If you have urns, statues, planters, etc., in our Arcade or East Arcade Cemeteries, we ask that you remove them by the end of October, 2021.

Thank you very much!

   

We have received new COVID-19 Guidance from the Diocese.

Beginning this weekend, masks are now mandated for everyone as you enter, move throughout the Church, as you are in line to receive Communion and upon leaving the Church.

The only time you may remove your mask is when you are seated in your pew.

Also, from a Diocese of Buffalo document:

“If a person does not feel well, has a temperature greater than or equal to
100°, or is experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19, they should
stay home and seek medical attention.

When present in church, all participants should:
— Exercise coughing/sneezing etiquette;
— Limit what they touch;
— Limit personal contact such as hugging and hand shaking
— Wash hands properly and often.”

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The above news post includes an edited excerpt from the bulletin of October 3, 2021, along with a quotation from a Diocese of Buffalo document.

The following is an edited excerpt from the bulletin of October 3, 2021.

Our Religious Education Program was scheduled to begin on October 10th, but I have heard from some families who have chosen to home school their children again this year. Not all of our teachers are coming back to teach this year and some families are wondering about the safety of our children wearing a mask and not able to be vaccinated. So, what shall we do?!

After many days of prayer, I believe we should, once again this year, choose to home school our children for the safety of all. Miss Karen Pauly will help the parents, as she did last year, with the home schooling materials. She will be in touch with all the families that have already registered. If you have not registered yet and were planning on doing so at the first session, please call Karen. Her phone number is on the front of the bulletin.

NOTE: The information below is outdated. Please see the following link instead: Fall 2021 Religious Ed. to be Home-Schooled

You might have noticed a change in dates for Religious Education.

Religious Education will begin on Sunday, October 3, 2021. (10/3/2021)

For more information on Religious Education, please see the following link: Religious Education

Thank you for your understanding, and God’s Blessings always.

 

Reservations are now closed for the 175th Anniversary Celebration.

Thank you for your understanding, and God’s blessings always.

The following is an edited excerpt from Fr. Joe’s weekly letter, from the bulletin of September 5, 2021.