St. John Chrysostom

November 2020

Dear parish community:

Thank you to all who have extended prayers and well wishes to me as I recover from COVID-19. My case was just one of tens of thousands being diagnosed each week in our community. I cannot emphasize enough the need for our entire community to take this threat seriously and to follow all public health guidelines. Our online Masses, currently derailed by COVID, will return at 8 am Sunday, Nov. 22, and be celebrated at 8 am every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel and worship with us online. Remember that there still is no obligation to attend Mass in person.

In church, we require face coverings and distancing between families in church at all times, except during Communion.

Also:

• Please contact us if you are in need of assistance.

• The Parish House remains closed to visitors without appointments.

• Frozen meals for St. John's Hospice or Caring for Friends (Aid for Friends) are always needed. No-contact drop-offs at the Parish House will resume Monday, Nov. 23. Meals may be dropped off from 9 to 5 weekdays.

• Nonperishable food, toiletries, diapers and baby toiletries also remain in demand by our half-dozen partner organizations. Donations may be dropped off in the church vestibule any week day from 9 to 3 or during weekend Masses.

Finally, we continue to pray for the hundreds of thousands of American lives lost, those deceased worldwide, the millions who have fallen ill, the tens of millions suffering economically, and for all who care for those afflicted. We pray that our public officials receive the cooperation, support and resources needed to help our nation defeat this scourge.

Fr. Ed Hallinan, Pastor

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