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Clergy
Rev. Father Michael McLoughlin
Pastor
http://stcolumbaparish.blogspot.com/
Rev. Michael Connolly,
Parochial Vicar
https://www.millennialpriestblog.com
https://anchor.fm/raisingsaints
Deacons: William Alvarado
John Reilly
Warren Testa
Chris Merenda
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Adoration Times
- Sunday: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM In Church - please keep social distance - private devotions only
- MonFri 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM In Church - please keep social distance - private devotions only
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Confession Times
- Saturday: 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM Outdoors or, if rain, far corners of Church 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Outdoors or, if rain, far corners of Church
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we share online giving
New Way to Give to St. Columba – We Share
Our Collections are down by ½. We need your help before we go into the red. That’s why we are offering you a new way to support your parish – We Share.
We Share is On Line giving with new options – you can give using a bank account, credit card or debit card. It is easy, safe and secure. It is used by hundreds of parishes. It is under your control! For questions and support go to: https://www.4lpi.com/my-account/donor-support/
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.
To get started, just click the image below. Thanks for supporting your parish, especially during these difficult days!
Please click on the icon below to start online giving:
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Important MessageS from Father Michael - UPDATED APRIL 1
HOLY WEEK 2020 AT ST COLUMBA
To help you pray our Livestream Masses and Liturgies, we suggest that you create a little Altar at home with candles, and perhaps a bible and other holy pictures. Then, actively participate in the Masses and Liturgies by standing, kneeling and sitting when appropriate. It may help you to feel more connected and to pray better.
Note - WPIX Channel 11 will telecast Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday Masses from St. Patrick’s Cathedral with Cardinal Dolan at 10:00 am both days.
PALM SUNDAY
NO DISTRIBUTION OF PALMS – Health Risk!!!
Livestream Mass – 9:00 am in Church
Celebrant – Father Connolly
Church open - 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
HOLY MONDAY
Livestream Mass – 8:00 am in rectory chapel
Celebrant –Father Michael
Church open - 7:00 am – 8:00 pm with Adoration 4:00 – 8:00 pm
HOLY TUESDAY
Livestream Mass – 8:00 am in rectory chapel
Celebrant – Father Connolly
Church open - 7:00 am – 8:00 pm with Adoration 4:00 – 8:00 pm
SPY WEDNESDAY
Livestream Mass – 8:00 am in rectory chapel
Celebrant – Father Michael
Church open - 7:00 am – 8:00 pm with Adoration 4:00 – 8:00 pm
HOLY THURSDAY
Livestream Tenebrae – 9:00 am in Church
Church open - 11:00 am to 5:00 pm & 9:00 pm to Midnight
Livestream Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 7:00 pm in church
Celebrant – Father Michael
GOOD FRIDAY
Livestream Tenebrae – 9:00 am in church
Church open - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Livestream The Lord’s Passion – 4:00 pm in church
Celebrant – Father Connolly
Livestream Stations of the Cross – 7:00 pm in church
Celebrant – Father Michael
HOLY SATURDAY
Livestream Tenebrae – 9:00 am in church
Church open – 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Livestream The Easter Vigil Mass – 7:30 pm in church
Celebrant – Father Connolly
EASTER SUNDAY
Livestream Easter Sunday Mass – 9:00 am in church
Celebrant – Father Michael
Church open 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
PARISH NOTES:
While public Parish Masses are cancelled, we will livestream Mass on Sundays at 11:00 am and on Monday – Friday at 8:00 a.m. and Saturday at 7:30 a.m.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR LIVESTREAM MASSES: http://www.facebook.com/stcolumbahj It is available for viewing all day.
Please consider placing a Divine Mercy Image - Jesus, I Trust In You - on your door. Click here for information: Divine Mercy Shrine Video
Prayer Requests – We want to pray for your Intentions, especially for those who have the corona virus or have lost their lives because of it. We also want to pray for those on the front lines – doctors, nurses, emergency service workers and the people who care for our every day needs like grocery store workers, and those delivering the mail and our packages. Send your Intentions to prayer@stcolumbaonline.org.
The Parish Office is closed. No one can be admitted. You may leave messages and we will try to check the phones as frequently as we can. There is always emergency access. Please mail your donations or drop them in the Poor Box in the church (or better yet join We Share – see our web site).
Baptisms can only be held in emergencies.
Funeral Masses or services in the church or funeral home can no longer be conducted. Burial prayers may be offered outdoors in a cemetery with the proper distancing of people. We will be happy to arrange Memorial Masses as soon as restrictions are lifted.
No weddings unless necessary. Only the bride, groom, two witnesses and priest may be present.
Confessions will still be offered but only outdoors in our side parking lot with proper distancing. In case of rain, we will be inside in the far corners of the church. Please, if you have any cold or flu like symptoms, make a perfect Act of Contrition and come when you are better.
The Church will remain open for prayer: Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday 8:00 am to 6:00 p.m., Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm
PLEASE BE REMINDED – BEFORE ENTERING ANY OF OUR PARISH BUILDINGS – THINK – Have you traveled abroad? – Do you have any cold or flu-like symptoms? – Have you spent time with anyone with a cold or flu-like symptoms? IF ANY APPLY TO YOU – DO NOT ENTER OUR BUILDINGS – Instead, contact your health care provider first and get clearance before potentially spreading the virus! Thank you!
Adoration time will be Monday to Friday 4:00 – 8:00 pm. No group devotions – all prayers to be said privately. No Benediction. We can have nothing that would gather people – this is for their own protection. Sunday Adoration 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Communion can only be administered as Viaticum (in danger of death).
Hospitals have Catholic Chaplains on staff and should be called when someone is in the hospital due to hospital restrictions based on the safety of all in the hospital. Parish priests can only come when someone is in danger of death.
First Communions are postponed. They have been rescheduled for October 17 at 9:30 am and 12:00 noon and on October 24 at 9:30 am. Sister Marie will publish all the details soon.
Confirmations are postponed. They have been rescheduled for September 26 and October 3, 2020. Sister Marie will publish all the details soon.
The Anointing of the Sick is available upon request in cases of serious illness or impending death, especially in emergencies. Call the church office.
Visits of Eucharistic Ministers are suspended. In case of serious illness and approaching death, please call the church office and a priest will visit and administer the Last Rites. Normal house visits and house blessings are not possible at this time.
Care Ministry usually offers rides to doctors and home visits. This is not possible right now. But they are happy to offer telephone calls to anyone who may feel isolated and would like to talk to a fellow parishioner. Call 227-7430 and leave a message.
Stations of the Cross are cancelled but, of course, you can do your own Stations any time the Church is open. Also remember that we have Outdoor Stations. Father Connolly and Deacon Chris will post a weekly Stations Service.
All gatherings of people for Parish Meetings and Socials are cancelled until further notice.
St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry is available. Some of our parishioners may have been laid off or lost their jobs. The food pantry can help you – call 2277863 and leave a message – they will get back to you. Please consider making a donation toward our Food Pantry. Make your check payable to SVDP Food Pantry. Send it to St. Columba Church, SVDP Food Pantry, PO Box 428. Hopewell Junction NY 12533.
Catholic Schools are closed at least until Monday, April 20. The office at St. Denis – St. Columba School is closed but you can leave messages.
Religious Education Programs and Youth Ministry Programs are closed at least until Monday, April 20. The Religious Ed Office is closed but you can leave messages.
These changes are very difficult! Let us pray together for an end to this pandemic, for the well-being of all, and for the safety of those on the front lines, especially doctors and nurses. Let us do our part to slow down and stop the spread of this virus.
Your priests love you and miss seeing you. Let us pray for one another. Do not be afraid!
Act of Spiritual Communion: It has long been a Catholic understanding that when circumstances prevent one from receiving Holy Communion, it is possible to make an Act of Spiritual Communion, which is a source of grace. Spiritual Communion is an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament and lovingly embrace him at a time or in circumstances when one cannot receive Him in sacramental Communion. The most common reason for making an Act of Spiritual Communion is when a person cannot attend Mass. Acts of Spiritual Communion increase our desire to receive sacramental Communion and help us avoid the sins that would make us unable to receive Holy Communion worthily.
Prayer for 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 in 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.
Prayer to the Virgin Mary for Protection O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick. At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith. You, Our Lady of New York, know what we need. We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee, joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will and to do what Jesus tells us: He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.
We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.
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Cardinal's Appeal 2020 (Video) and Donate
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Blog By Father Connolly
https://www.millennialpriestblog.com
Podcast - "Raising Saints" for Catholic Families by Father Connolly & Alexandra Sullivan
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A Scriptural Tour of our Stained Glass Windows
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OUR MISSION STATEMENT (LOVE GOD, SERVE OTHERS)
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St. Columba Parish is a Catholic community striving to be a visible witness of God's loving presence among us. Called by Baptism and centered in the Eucharist, it is our common purpose to know God, to live and love as Jesus did and to serve others. We value each person and draw from our diverse talents to grow and to respond to the ever-changing needs of our community. All are welcome!
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Bp. Barron's Lent Reflections
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Friends, in today’s Gospel the Lord tells some Jewish leaders that they are enslaved to sin and that the truth will set them free. Jesus was distinguishing between sins and sin, between the...
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Catholic News Service
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Rome Reports
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News from the Vatican
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The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special “Mass in the Time of Pandemic” to plead for God’s mercy and gift of strength in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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“Could the coronavirus-19 crisis lead to a jubilee?” Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle wondered out loud during a Mass livestreamed from the Pontifical Philippine College in Rome.
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With self-isolation becoming more widespread due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis thanked journalists and members of the media who inform people and help them cope with loneliness.
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National Catholic Register
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By Patrick Reilly | With the kids at home, now may be a great time to experiment with Catholic homeschooling and decide whether it is a good fit for your family. “School-at-home,” of course, is not...
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By Catholic News Agency | VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has asked priests around the world to recite a new prayer during this year’s Good Friday liturgy, and urged them to offer Masses for the end..
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By Alyssa Murphy | As many of us are spending the solitary days of the coronavirus quarantine within the confines of our home, many learning the ropes of homeschooling, some picking up new...
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95Responsorial Psalm Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56Gospel Jn 8:31-42
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