2020

HEALTH PRECAUTIONS AT CHURCH

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  • The church will be open for Sunday Mass as long as the government authorities will limit public gatherings.
  • Please don’t sit together in groups in the pews, rather please keep yourself separated from each other.
  • Please keep distance from other parishioners when you receive the Holy Communion.
  • No handshaking, kissing and hugging as a peace sign during Mass. Instead, a wave, a peace sign ‘V’, a smile can be substituted.  
  • Greeting the clergy with a handshake at the doors after Mass will no longer take place. 
  • Coughing and sneezing into your elbow and arm instead of uncovered into the air around you will be appreciated by everyone and reduce the risk of infection.
  • Parishioners who are exhibiting flu-like symptoms should remain at home from Mass until they are fully recovered from their illness.
  • The clergy will continue to wash their hands before Mass as they always do. Additionally, they will use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer before and after distributing communion.
  • We will observe these precautions as long as necessary.

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A PRAYER IN OUR TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS

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O Jesus Christ, my Savior and healer, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love.

Heal those who are sick with the virus. May they regain their strength and health through quality medical care. Heal us from our fear, which prevents nations from working together and neighbors from helping one another.

Jesus Christ, healer of all, stay by our side in this time of uncertainty and sorrow. Be with those who have died from the virus. May they be at rest with you in your eternal peace.

Be with the families of those who are sick or have died. As they worry and grieve, defend them from illness and despair. May they know your peace.

Be with the doctors, nurses, researchers and all medical professionals who seek to heal and help, who put themselves at risk in the process. May they know your protection and peace.

Be with the leaders of all nations. Give them the foresight to act with charity and true concern for the well-being of the people they are meant to serve.

Give them the wisdom to invest in long-term solutions. May they know your peace, as they work together to achieve it on earth.

Whether we are home or abroad, surrounded by many people suffering from this illness or only a few, Jesus Christ, stay with us as we endure and mourn, persist and prepare. In place of our anxiety, give us your peace. Jesus Christ, heal us.

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Lent & Easter Season Worship Schedule

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Please come to worship all the following or some Sacred Liturgies:

  • February 26 – Ash Wednesday
    • 12:00 Noon – Holy Mass with blessing and distribution of ashes.
  • March 8 – Institution of the PNCC
    • 10:00 AM – Anniversary Breakfast
    • 12:00 Noon – Holy Mass
  • April 5 – Palm Sunday
    • 12:00 Noon – Holy Mass with blessing and distribution of palms followed by Bake Sale & Ham Raffle
  • April 9 – Holy Thursday (in Philadelphia only)
    • 7:00PM – The Lord’s Supper Mass, The Institution of the Eucharist and Priesthood
  • April 10 – Good Friday
    • 12:00 Noon – Stations of the Cross
    • 12:30 PM – Liturgy of our Lord’s Passion, Veneration of the Cross, Holy Communion, the symbolic Entombment
  • April 11 – Holy Saturday
    • 2:00 PM – Blessing of Easter Baskets
    • 2:30 PM – Easter Vigil Liturgy, Mass with Blessing of Fire, Paschal Candle and Baptismal Water
  • April 12 – Easter Sunday
    • 12:00 Noon – Resurrection Mass

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† Beverly Wunderlich – Rest In Peace

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† Beverly Wunderlich,  Father Senior Donald Wunderlich’s wife passed away on Saturday, Jan 18 in Reading, PA. 

Relatives and friends are invited to call on Friday, January 24, 2020, from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m., with A.N.S. Prayer service at 8:00 p.m., at Klee Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., One East Lancaster Ave., Shillington. Prayers on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by her Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m., at St. Stephen the Martyr P.N.C. Church, 20 St. Stephen’s Church Lane, Reading, PA 19607. The Right Reverend Bernard Nowicki celebrant. Interment will be private.

Please pray for Fr. Donald and his daughter, Danielle, in their grief and sorrow.

Eternal rest, grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Wieczny odpoczynek racz jej dać, Panie. A światłość wiekuista niechaj jej świeci. Niech odpoczywa w pokoju wiecznym. Amen. Niech jej dusza i dusze wszystkich wiernych zmarłych, przez miłosierdzie Boże, odpoczywają w pokoju. Amen.

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