ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 92 Hope Street, Providence RI 02906 Rectory: 401-421-9137 Fax: 401-621-5349 [email protected]WEBSITE ADDRESS stjosephprovidence.org Parish Office Hours: 10:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. Monday—Wednesday (Office is Closed on all Civic Holidays). SACRAMENTS Sacrament of Reconciliation: By Appointment ONLY. Please contact Fr. Sousa to schedule an appro- priate time if you would like to receive the Sacrament. Baptism: Registered parishioners should contact the parish office in advance of the birth of their child to prepare for baptism. Marriage: Couples must meet Fr. Sousa 12 months in advance of their wedding date. Sacrament of the Sick: If you or a loved one are in the hospital or homebound and wish Father Sousa to make a visit, please call the Rectory and inform the Parish Secretary to make arrangements for Father to make a visit. Holy Orders: If you would like to serve God by proclaiming the Word of God, celebrating the Sacra- ments and by serving those in need, you may have a vocation to the priesthood. Please speak to Fr. Sousa. or contact the Office of Vocations at: 401-831-8011. MASS SCHEDULE Saturday: 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday 8:00 a.m. in the church Holy Days of Obligation See parish website for details PARISH PRIEST Rev. Edward A. Sousa, Jr. INSTALLED ACOLYTE & LITURGICAL ASSISTANT Mr. David Gillis FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR Ms. Virginia DiMasi BUILDINGS & MAINTENANCE Mr. Pedro Quinilla PARISH ACCOUNTANT Mrs. Brandy O’Donnell ORGANIST/CANTOR Mr. Donald Dame Ms. Katie Kleyla TRUSTEES Mr. Charles Wharton Mrs. Suzanne Hall AUDITORS Mr. Almon Hall Mr. James Deluca May 10th, 2020 Fifth Sunday of Easter
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ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 92 Hope Street, Providence RI 02906
Sacrament of Reconciliation: By Appointment ONLY. Please contact Fr. Sousa to schedule an appro-priate time if you would like to receive the Sacrament.
Baptism: Registered parishioners should contact the parish office in advance of the birth of their child to prepare for baptism.
Marriage: Couples must meet Fr. Sousa 12 months in advance of their wedding date.
Sacrament of the Sick: If you or a loved one are in the hospital or homebound and wish Father Sousa to make a visit, please call the Rectory and inform the Parish Secretary to make arrangements for Father to make a visit.
Holy Orders: If you would like to serve God by proclaiming the Word of God, celebrating the Sacra-ments and by serving those in need, you may have a vocation to the priesthood. Please speak to Fr. Sousa. or contact the Office of Vocations at: 401-831-8011.
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday: 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.
Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, &
Wednesday
8:00 a.m. in the church
Holy Days of Obligation
See parish website for details
PARISH PRIEST
Rev. Edward A. Sousa, Jr.
INSTALLED ACOLYTE & LITURGICAL ASSISTANT
Mr. David Gillis
FAITH FORMATION DIRECTOR Ms. Virginia DiMasi
BUILDINGS & MAINTENANCE Mr. Pedro Quinilla
PARISH ACCOUNTANT Mrs. Brandy O’Donnell
ORGANIST/CANTOR Mr. Donald Dame Ms. Katie Kleyla
TRUSTEES
Mr. Charles Wharton Mrs. Suzanne Hall
AUDITORS
Mr. Almon Hall Mr. James Deluca
May 10th, 2020 Fifth Sunday of
Easter
Celebrating 168 years of living faith since the foundation of our parish in 1851.
ONLINE PARISH GIVING
St. Joseph’s has enlisted Parish Giving to provide its members with the opportunity to use Electronic Funds Transfer as an alternative method for giving. Parish Giving is being offered to you free of charge. At the same time, St. Joseph’s will benefit from a reliable, more efficient and more convenient means to process the contributions that make it possible to support its mission and the ability to access end of year contribution reports. Contact Fr. Sousa for more details.
CCD & Confirmation classes are CANCELLED for this year and will hopefully resume in the Fall. New date for Confirmation will be announced.
Parish Office Announcement:
For the safety of all, St. Joseph’s parish office is open for phone calls and emails only. No one is allowed to enter the office for assistance.
We are grateful to our parishioners at Saint Joseph’s and we ask you that you pray and support our parish. If you are able, you can drop off budgets in the mail box at the rectory or mail them. We also have Online Giving.
Closing the doors was simple opening them back up will take thought and understanding. As painful as the decision was to suspend all public Masses in the Diocese of Providence, the process was straightforward and necessary
for the common good. When health restrictions are eased and we are able to start gathering together again, it is important for everyone to
understand that things won’t immediately go back to normal. Health experts and elected officials are currently determining new guidelines and restrictions for the next weeks and months, and at the
same time the Diocese is planning for how public Masses will be celebrated with respect to any new regulations. We know the desire to return to your parishes, participate in the liturgy, and receive the Eucharist is incredibly strong, but we ask that
everyone approach this next phase with a patient, loving and charitable mindset. The specific details of when public Mass will resume
and how it will look are still being determined, but here are a few things for everyone to be prepared for. 1. Attendance will be limited. We know restrictions will remain on holding large gatherings, so we are working with parishes to determine a fair way to cap attendance
for Masses. No one should expect to be able to attend Mass with regularity. 2. Social Distancing will be practiced. Expect that your parish will have pews that are taped off, and that families will be asked to keep six feet of separation from other fami-
lies. Be prepared to wear a mask to Mass to guard against germ spread. If you are showing any symptoms of sickness, please stay home.
Congregating in Church is not allowed, you must go outside to speak with fellow church goers and please keep your distance. 3. Liturgical changes will be in place. Similar to protocols established in early March, extra precautions will be taken, like suspending the sign of the peace and receiving Holy
Communion ONLY on the hand. There will be no shared missals or hymnals or bulletins. Holy Water in fonts are eliminated. 4. A general dispensation from the Sunday obligation will remain. Those who have symptoms, and anyone who feels safer staying at home, no one will be required to attend. Because your family might
only be able to attend Mass on an irregular basis, and not necessarily on Sunday, plan to continue to keep the Sabbath holy by participat-
ing in live stream and prerecorded Masses. 5. There still will be a risk for anyone who attends a public Mass (including the priest)! Even with best health practices and strict social distancing, anyone who enters a public space should recognize there is a risk of contract-
ing the coronavirus. Improved cleaning will occur at our churches, but no one should expect that they will be any safer from germs than
other public spaces. 6. Finally, let’s strive for progress and not perfection. There will no doubt be challenges and frustrations. Your family might not be able to attend Mass the first few weeks it resumes. A parish
might have a signup blunder and things won’t go according to plan. But we believe following these guidelines is a reasonable sacrifice.
As we see case numbers flatten and decrease, we are beginning to sense the situation improving. For the interest of the common good,
and ultimately to best serve our own community, we do not want to contribute to a rebound effect that would actually push normalized
Mass attendance even further into the future. So if we all work together, we can ease back into this and continue to incrementally add more people and options. However, if we look
for ways to get around the regulations, we will likely create situations that force us to take steps back and cancel public Mass once again.
This is a work-in-progress so we will have updates and adjustments as needed.
Fr. Sousa
WhattoExpectWhen
PublicMassResumes
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