Saint Columba RC Church

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We estimate that since the pandemic began, our collections are running short about $1,000 per week. Can you help support your parish during this difficult time?

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This is a great new way to support St. Columba. If you are presently using E-Giving, you can stay or switch, your choice. If you want to switch to We Share, email manager@stcolumbaonline.org.

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ADORATION THIS WEEK
There will be No Adoration this week on Friday due to a wedding rehearsal.

TIME OF TRANSITION AT ST. COLUMBA
As was announced last weekend, we have begun a time of transition at St. Columba:

Father Michael McLoughlin, after having served our parish one year as Administrator and six years as Pastor, has been renewed By Cardinal Dolan for a second term of six years as Pastor of St. Columba.

Father Michael Connolly, after serving St. Columba as a newly ordained priest for three years, has been assigned by Cardinal Dolan as Parochial Vicar at St. Martin de Porres Parish in Red Oaks Mill with an additional part-time ministry as Chaplain at Our Lady of Lourdes High School.

Father Walter Genito, after serving at St. Martin de Porres as a newly ordained priest, has been assigned by Cardinal Dolan as Parochial Vicar at St. Columba.

All three assignments are effective on July 1.

Father Connolly’s last full day at St. Columba will be on June 22. He will return to offer a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, June 27 at 12:00 noon. It will be followed by a reception in the school gym. We thank Father Connolly for his outstanding and faithful ministry at St. Columba and promise him our prayers as he begins a new chapter in his priesthood.

We invite all to warmly welcome Father Genito to St. Columba. He is an outstanding young priest. Please offer him your prayerful support and encouragement as he too begins a new chapter in his priesthood. Father Genito will arrive on July 1.

We bid farewell to Father Bob Porpora, Pastor of St. Denis, and Father Pancose Kalist, Pastor of St. Kateri, who have received new assignments as Pastors. We welcome the new Pastor of St. Denis - Father Andrew Carrozza and the new Pastor of St. Kateri - Father Joseph McLafferty. These assignments begin on July 1.

UPDATED ST. COLUMBA CHURCH GUIDELINES – May 26, 2021

1. Our parish will continue to have physically distanced seating for all throughout the church – “the green tape.”
2. Those entering our church are invited to continue wearing a mask during Mass and while at prayer.
3. The CDC and NYS have made masks not required for some and required for others. Please follow the CDC and NYS guidelines as you make your decision about the wearing of masks in church.
4. At weekend Masses we will set aside the far-left section along the windows for anyone who wishes to sit in a mask only section – your choice. See an usher when you enter and request the “mask only section.” If there is sufficient interest, we will keep this in place for a while. (Please note that if we are at capacity and there is room, the back part of the section might be needed for mixed mask/no mask).

CATHOLIC KIDZ CAMP - SIGN UP NOW!
We are excited about our Parade Around the Our Father Catholic Kids Camp!  Ours will be a 5-day Program July 12^th – 16^th, from 8:45 am to 12:00 Noon.  Children will also be involved in a Service Project where they will write cards to retired Sisters of the Resurrection and priests of the Archdiocese of NY.  Children, Leaders and Volunteers will gather in the mornings for our opening and prayers; they will meet again at the end of the day.  There will also be time for Eucharistic Adoration and Mass.

REGISTER NOW - VOLUNTEERS AND CAMPERS!
Volunteers - please complete the Form that you will find on the St. Columba Parish Website. There is now a Registration Form on our Web Site for the children entering Kindergarten to grade 4 to attend Catholic Kids Camp. Please note our limit is 150 children; they will be accepted first come first serve.   
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OBERAMMERGAU – AUSTRIA AND BAVARIA 2022 WITH FATHER MICHAEL - THREE OPENINGS LEFT!!!
Pilgrimage packages for the 2022 Oberammergau Passion Play are now available for a limited time! In 2020, the famed performance depicting the Passion of Christ, drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from across the globe, had to be postponed due to COVID-19. Now, it is harder to get tickets for the 2022 performance than ever before!
Peter's Way Tours still has space available on our PILGRIMAGE July 28 – August 6, 2022 to the once-a-decade event. Join us and attend a showing that has been re-scheduled, something that has happened only a handful of times in the play's long history. This will indeed be a special and historic pilgrimage that few people ever get to make! Here is a graced opportunity to pray for us and for our world, enjoying along the way wonderful shrines and sights.
For more information call Father Michael or contact Peter’s Way Tours (note – if the dates do not work for you there are other tours to choose from) peter@petersway.com or 800-225-7662.

ABOUT LAST RITES AND ANOINTING OF THE SICK
If possible, please do not wait until the last minute to request these Sacraments. Due to COVID, we are still not back to normal. For example, as of April 15, patients at Vassar Hospital may only have one visitor per day. Parish priests may not normally visit and must get permission in extraordinary cases, which can take time. We have been calling the Vassar Hospital Catholic Chaplain for anointings. He has access and is usually very dependable but may not always be available. Or, for Wingate, parish priests can visit in emergencies but must get a rapid test first which is not always quickly available. Trust us, we are often very frustrated and cannot wait until the situation normalizes. In the meantime, remember that the Anointing of the Sick is available every day after Mass or by appointment. Your priests will also administer Last Rites at home. Anyone present must be wearing a mask. Again, if possible, do not wait until the last minute especially after hours. Of course, emergencies cannot be planned, and we will do our best to help.

CARDINAL’S APPEAL
We are happy to announce that St. Columba has reached the assigned goal of the Cardinal’s Appeal. Thank you so much! Outstanding! Now, any amount received over our parish goal will include a rebate to St. Columba. If you have not done so already, please consider donating to the Appeal. Any gift, large or small, is deeply appreciated.

GIVE TO THE CARDINAL’S APPEAL
Watch the video - https://vimeo.com/509065100/4eb731b736.
Click here to give - http://www.cardinalsappeal.org/       Parish 392 St. Columba HJ

CARDINAL’S APPEAL 2021 as of June 17, 2021
Parish Goal - $97,000.00
Pledges from Parishioners - $118,612.00
Number of Gifts – 443
Average Gift - $267.75
Thank you - thank you - thank you! We have reached our goal! Now our parish will receive a percentage back for all money collected over our goal. God bless you and thank you for your generosity!

RENEW AND REBUILD LOAN
We are happy to announce that our loan with Tompkins Mahopac Bank for the work in the church has been completely repaid thanks to our many generous and faithful parishioners. Any remaining money to be collected through Renew and Rebuild will stay in the dedicated account for the replacement of school windows in the summer of 2022. Thanks again to our donors for enabling us to beautify St. Columba Church.

RENEW AND REBUILD as of June 17, 2021
Pledge Goal - $1,709,000.00
Amount Pledged - $1,766,771.92
Paid - $1,348,635.97
Number of Gifts - 526

ENROLL NOW ST. DENIS – ST. COLUMBA SCHOOL 2021-2022 – Do not delay as classes are filling fast. Go to stcolumba.net

STILL TIME TO APPLY FOR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL - Watch this - https://youtu.be/gJzpuQxM4Ew

TRAVELING AND LOOKING FOR A CATHOLIC CHURCH? Churches Open Near Me

PLEASE CONSIDER REMEMBERING St. COLUMBA PARISH IN YOUR WILL - For more information go to - https://plannedgiving.archny.org/

St. Columba LIVESTREAM - Click here: http://www.facebook.com/stcolumbahj
Videos also archived on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/saintcolumbahopewell

Prayer Requests – Send your Intentions to rectory@stcolumbaonline.org 

The Parish Office is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Appointments are preferred. Call ahead. You must wear a face mask. 

Church capacity - 50% of pews are open but with social distancing, capacity is at about 33%..

Baptisms on Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 & 3:00 pm. One family at a time. Contact Deacon Dennis to begin the process.

Sponsor and Godparent certificates can be obtained by calling the Parish Office and ask for a priest or deacon. During the pandemic they will not be done after Mass or in person, only over the phone.

Funeral Masses and Memorial Masses can be scheduled Monday to Friday at 10:00 am or noon. Saturdays 9:30 am or 11:30 am.

Weddings can be scheduled observing all requirements for social distancing at about 33 % capacity of church.

Communion Calls - Some of our EM's have volunteered to bring Communion to the homebound. If you know someone who is homebound and would like to receive Holy Communion, email rectory@stcolumbaonline.org.

STATEMENT BY THE MOST REV. GERARDO COLACICCO, D.D., JCL. EPISCOPAL VICAR OF DUTCHESS, SULLIVAN, ULSTER, AND ORANGE COUNTIES ON THE RIGHTS OF COMMUNICANTS TO CHOOSE TO RECEIVE COMMUNION ON THE TONGUE OR IN THE HAND.   (This was issued some months ago but bears repeating based on some questions).
After addressing the concern of reception of Holy Communion during the Corona virus pandemic, Bishop Gerardo Colacicco, Episcopal Vicar of Dutchess, Sullivan, Ulster, and Orange Counties, Archdiocese of New York, the Bishop has restated that the Holy See has specifically informed that Communicants who wish to receive on the tongue cannot be denied reception of Holy Communion. If the priest, deacon, or extraordinary minister is aware that physical contact has taken place with that communicant, they are to set the ciborium on the altar, proceed to sanitize their fingers/hands, then continue to distribute Holy Communion to the faithful. Given these precautions, if someone is still uncomfortable with this safe procedure, then perhaps they could be more comfortable in offering a spiritual communion in place of receiving, or to arrive early enough prior to Mass so as to sit close to the front so that they would be among the first to receive and so not have to be worried that contact was made. The Bishop also asks that in charity, parishioners pray for their priests who are making every effort to assure that the Faithful can have safe access and Holy Mass throughout this difficult time.

Blog By Father Connolly
https://www.millennialpriestblog.com

Podcast - "Raising Saints" for Catholic Families by Father Connolly & Alexandra Sullivan
https://anchor.fm/raisingsaints

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JULY 12 - 16TH
APPLICATION FORM
FOR 
ST. COLUMBA CHILDREN ENTERING KINDERGARTEN AND GRADE 1, 2, 3, 4.
STUDENTS ACCEPTED ON FIRST COME BASIS.  LIMIT OF A TOTAL OF 150 STUDENTS.
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