Pastor Michael Ko, K.M.S. Our Lady of the Angels Parish · 2020. 5. 24. · Maria Lee Thibodeau Vince O’Reilly Danny Little Jason Garcia *If you wish to remember a loved one, please

PASTORAL STAFF:

Pastor Michael Ko, K.M.S.

PARISH OFFICE TEAM:

Yasko Lehtinen (Weekend & Spec. Events Coord.) 598-8115

Rosemary Bird (Director of Music & Religious Ed.)

WEEKEND MASS TIMES: (Held in our church parking lot) Saturday: 6 p.m.

Sunday: 11 a.m.

WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: (Streaming on Facebook and our website)

Monday – Friday: 9 a.m.

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday – Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

ROSARY PRAYER (Streaming on Facebook and our website)

Every day at 8:00 pm

PRAYER CHAIN:

Call Audrey Little @ 690-1536 or email Karen Crapps

at [email protected]

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION & BENEDICTION:

1st Friday each month, 9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. (Suspended)

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION &

FAITH FORMATION

Sacrament of Reconciliation: By appointment. Please contact the parish office.

Sacrament of Baptism: By appointment. Please contact the parish office.

Sacrament of Marriage: Six to twelve month marriage preparation required.

Please contact the parish office.

Anointing of the Sick/Home-bound Communion Service:

Please contact the parish office.

Funeral Preparation:

Please contact the parish office.

Faith Formation Classes: Returning this Fall.

Confirmation Class:

Please contact the parish office.

RCIA Class: For individuals who are not Catholic and

would like to learn more about the Catholic faith.

Please contact the parish office.

BULLETIN & INSERT DEADLINE:

Articles for the upcoming weekly bulletin must be in by

Wednesday at noon. Thank you!

Our Lady of the Angels Parish 225 S. Spruce St. Kenai AK 99611

[email protected]

website: kenaicatholicchurch.org

Office Phone: 907-283-4555; Office Hours: Tues-Fri 9am-3pm

WEEKLY BULLETIN

May 24th, 2020

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES/EVENTS:

Note: All of the below will NOT be held inside the church due to the

danger of contagion in enclosed indoor spaces. Weekday Mass is

streamed on our Facebook page and webpage at:

www.kenaicatholicchurch.org

May 23, 30 Saturday Mass at 6:00 p.m. (Church

Parking lot; tune in to 88.7FM)

May 24; 31 Sunday Mass at 11 a.m. (Church parking

lot; tune in to 88.7FM)

May Weekday Mass at 9 a.m. (streaming)

PARISH SECRETARY POSITION

Our Lady of the Angels church is accepting applicants for the

position of secretary. The typical schedule is Tuesday-Friday,

9am-1pm. A full job description is available from the church

office upon request.

If you are interested in applying, please submit your résumé

and cover letter to the OLA parish office.

OFFERTORY

During this temporary suspension of Mass, we ask that our

parishioners prayerfully consider to continue giving to the

weekly offertory.

Go to www.kenaicatholicchurch.org at any time to set up and

maintain your automatic donation plan. Click the “Donate” link

in the upper right-hand corner of our web page to create your

online-giving profile.

PRAYER OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION

“My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most

Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I

desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this

moment receive You sacramentally, come at least

spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were

already there and unite myself wholly to you. Never

permit me to be separated from You. Amen.”

3 P.M. DAILY PRAYER

* The prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary * “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have

recourse to thee.”

* The prayer of the Divine Mercy * “Jesus, I trust in you.”

OLA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic

downturn, the parish Capital Campaign will be put on

hold for one year.

Please postpone your pledge payments if it causes you

financial strain. We thank you for your past support.

Our parishioners have contributed over $100,000. We

have replaced the church heating system in the amount

of $60,800, and replaced the roof for $48,350. We are

still hoping to replace the basement windows and

upgrade the ventilation system when our Capital

Campaign resumes.

PARISH BUDGET REDUCTION

Bishop Bellisario has directed all parishes to reduce next

year’s budget by twenty-five percent. Fr. Michael and

the parish Finance Council recently met and cut

approximately $50,000 from a preliminary budget

effective July 1.

All programs and projects will see drastic cuts as well as

some personnel positions. To quote the Bishop,

“parishes are to operate in as lean a fashion as is

reasonable under the current circumstances.”

LAST WEEK’S OFFERTORY COLLECTION

Offertory collection from our parishioners and visitors

totaled $1,897.55.

Please keep the family and friends, as well as those who went

before us in eternal life in your thoughts & prayers. In this

month we remember the passing of:

Carl Seaman

Mike Seaman

Maria Lee Thibodeau

Vince O’Reilly

Danny Little

Jason Garcia

*If you wish to remember a loved one, please contact the

parish office.

FAMILY ENRICHMENT/FAITH FORMATION

Here are some options for parishioners of all ages to explore

this week:

Grades K-2 on FORMED:

1. Bernadette, the Princess of Lourdes

Grades 3-4 on FORMED:

1. Bernadette, the Princess of Lourdes

2. Opus and Joyous: The Island of Malum

Grades 5-6 on FORMED:

1. St. Kateri Tekakwitha (an audio presentation—28:37)

Grades 7-11 on FORMED:

1. Being All In: From NFL Playing Field to Mission

Field (an audio presentation)

2. YDisc: The Holy Spirit in Scripture

Confirmation Students: Receive the Holy Spirit (from the

ECHO series)

Grades 11-12, Adults on FORMED:

1. The Spirit’s Witness (from the ECHO Series)

2. The Story of Fr. Kapaun (from Kapaun’s Men Virtue

Series)

*Interested in setting up an online study group to share your

insights/responses to these presentations? Contact Kris Viens

at 394-2992.

ONE BREAD ONE BODY 2020

When you pledge your support for the 2020 One Bread, One

Body Annual Catholic Appeal, you help make possible

diocesan-wide ministries that offer opportunities for ongoing

conversation and lifelong faith formation.

Please prayerfully consider making a gift to this year’s Annual

Catholic Appeal.

Your participation as an active steward of these vital ministries

matters more than the amount of your gift. We are united in

this effort – join the mission.

Dear brothers and sister, Greetings.

It’s been a while since I met with you after Mass before COVID 19 Pandemic. I

miss you all and I miss coffee, doughnuts, and chatting together with you after

Mass. But I’m grateful that I could meet you through phone calls, in my prayer,

and my personal Mass.

As you know, last Tuesday evening, governor Mike Dunleavy announced that he

would lift all restrictions on Friday morning, May 22, 2020. Fortunately, it seems

that the effect of coronavirus is slowly but certainly decreasing these days thanks

to God.

However, the Archdiocese of Anchorage Juneau will take it slow. It does so not

because we are against it but wants to approach it carefully. I fully agree with this

direction and believe It’s wise to do so.

I am going to begin weekends Mass with you on May 23, Saturday, at 6:00 pm

and 24, Sunday at 11:00 am, in the parking lot. The Mass will be broadcast live on

FM Radio 88.70 channel. The Church will be closed but opened only for those who

want to do confession and personal prayer by appointment. I’ll do it for two

weeks observing how the situation develops and plan the next step during that

time.

Regarding the weekends Mass, I’d like to urge you to wear masks when you come

to receive Holy Eucharist for the safety of one another.

There’s the detailed instruction for attending Saturday and Sunday Masses on our

home pages. You can find it on our website, Facebook, and my parish app. If

there’s any further direction from the archdiocese, I will let you know as soon as

possible in the same way.

I appreciate your patience and understanding. May the Lord bless you and your

family. All of you are in my prayer.

In Christ

Fr. Michael KO

Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church 225 S. Spruce

Kenai, AK 99611 283-4555

Welcome to Our Lady of the Angels parking lot mass.

Please park as usual in the lot. The second row should pull up to the back-end of the first row

of cars. The third row will make another row leaving space to drive between rows two and

three, etc. Leave plenty of room between the cars to safely open the doors. Please stay in

your car during mass.

Tune your radio to 88.7 FM. Mass will begin at 6:00pm Saturday and 11:00am on Sunday.

Father Michael will be saying mass on the elevated porch area at the north exit of the church.

The normal postures of standing and kneeling will not be required.

Holy Communion will be distributed at the end of the mass inside the main entry of the

church.

You will enter the right-hand main entrance doors, receive hand sanitizer, and Father will be

standing to the left to give you communion in the form of the Precious Body only. You will

then proceed out the door and to your car. The service is completed and you can leave at this

time.

Be sure to practice social distancing (stand 6 feet apart) from non-family members when

standing in line.

Those who wish to receive communion on the tongue are asked to come in at the end of the

line. If you have difficulty coming into the church and wish to receive communion in your car,

please let Yasuko know.

A collection basket for donations will be inside the door as you enter for communion.

It is planned that the parish will conduct parking lot masses for 2 weeks, awaiting further

instructions from the Archbishop.

Father Michael will continue to post daily mass and the rosary on Facebook. The church is not

open to the public yet.