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With the approval of our Bishop and our county health department, we plan to restart Masses on July 1.  We are happy to welcome back parishioners who are symptom-free and are willing and able to follow the instructions contained in the attached Frequently Asked Questions document.  Please read the FAQ document carefully so you understand how to register for one of the weekend Masses, when to arrive, and what to expect.

Three weekend Masses will be offered: 5:00 PM Saturday, 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM on Sunday. For those unable to attend a Mass, the 8:00 AM Mass will be livestreamed on Facebook and Communion distribution available from  11:00-11:30 AM.

Online registration for the July 3^rd and 4^th weekend Masses will start on Wednesday July 1.  On Thursday July 2, I will host a call-in question and answer session at 8:00 PM for those who have questions about Mass procedures or have had any problems with the registration process.  The conference call number: 978-990-5224 access code: 8631997#.  We ask that you not call in to our parish office on this topic as we have no staff available to answer questions. 

It has been more than three months since I was last able to invite you to celebrate Mass with me in our church. This has been a journey through the desert to be sure, and now we can glimpse the Promised Land, but we are not there just yet. We must continue to pray for an end to the virus and pray for healing and restoration for all those affected by the virus and the shelter in place.  We must continue to pray for our many friends with health concerns preventing them from returning to Mass at this time.
Although we will not be able to sing or shake hands at Mass for a while longer, let us return to Mass with songs of joy and thanksgiving in our hearts!  Let us return to Mass with a renewed commitment to Christ and His people!  Let us return to Mass as a fresh starting point in our lives and not as just another must-do item! Let us return Mass! Amen!

Blessings,
Father Johnson

                                                                   FAQ:
https://stagnesparish.net/documents/2020/6/Reopening%20FAQ-3.docx

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St. Agnes Family, 

Once again this Sunday we are using Facebook to livestream a Mass at St. Agnes starting at 8:30 AM.  

If you have access to Facebook but are unsure about how to find the Mass, more detailed instructions are included at the end of this message.  For those of you who do not have access to Facebook, you can dial in to our conference call number (425- 436-6358 access code 418980#) and listen to the Mass.

 If you wish to receive Holy Communion after watching (or listening) to the Mass, we  invite you to come to St. Agnes, park your car and enter the church through the main (back) doors to receive Holy Communion  anytime between 10AM and 11AM. Volunteers will welcome you outside the church and provide you with instructions to assure correct mask use (please bring your mask) and social distancing. As you enter the church I will great you with a prayer and blessing, and then you will receive communion and exit out the vestibule (side) doors.  

 Before or after Holy Communion, you may visit the chapel for personal prayer. The main church will be closed except during the communion hour,  but the chapel will be open as usual. 

 I also want to address a question I received about the use of gloves. Our Bishop has asked us not to use gloves when we touch the Blessed Sacrament. His instructions are as follows: 
 “Neither the Priest nor the communicant should wear gloves. If the Priest’s finger accidentally touches the communicant’s hand, he is to place the ciborium on the table and then sanitize his hands with the cleanser. If the Priests were to wear gloves, he may not notice accidentally touched the person’s hand and could inadvertently become a source of contamination. You can't sanitize rubber gloves with cleanser.”
 
Finally, we encourage anyone who is not feeling well or who has other health concerns to stay home. Bishop Barbers dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation remains in effect. 
Happy Feast of Pentecost!!!! May we be filled with the Holy Spirit.

 Blessings, 
Father Johnson

Instructions for Finding our Live Mass on Facebook:
Open Facebook and begin searching for the Mass at 8:25 AM. That is about when the camera will start streaming the Mass.   Finding the Mass on Facebook is easy and there are several ways to do it:

 1) Type St. Agnes Catholic Church in the Facebook search field and our church should come up near the top of the search results list. Click on our church and scroll through the list of posts until you see the video post : “St. Agnes Catholic Church is live”.

2) If you have already “Liked”  ST. Agnes Catholic Church in Facebook, the video post will automatically pop up in your newsfeed when the Mass starts and you can also find it by opening the notifications icon (the little bell) on the bottom of your Facebook page.
 
3) You can also make sure you get notifications every time we go live. If you go to the three dots next to any of our previous live videos, there’s an option to make sure you get notified every time the page goes live.

 After the Mass is ended, if you missed it and want to go back and watch it, you can use the same search steps described above and watch the recorded video or forward it to a friend! 

Dear Friends,
 
I invite all of us, St. Agnes Family, to set aside a moment at 7pm each evening, each from our own locations, to reach out in prayer and care to surround each other with God’s wisdom, healing power and peace.  We remain bound together during this time, which is both challenging and a moment of God’s Grace, in our need for mutual support for each other in our lives and ministries … as well as for God’s care for the people of our community and the world.
 
You may want to simply spend some time in meditation, connecting with the rest of us spiritually.  However, I’ve also included some texts below that we can use to join in prayer together.
 
Blessings,
Father Johnson
 
Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the mountains:
from where shall come my help?
My help shall come from the Lord
who made heaven and earth.
 
May he never allow you to stumble!
Let him sleep not, your guard.
No, he sleeps not nor slumbers,
Israel’s guard.
 
The Lord is your guard and your shade;
at your right side he stands.
By day the sun shall not smite you
nor the moon in the night.
 
The Lord will guard you from evil,
he will guard your soul.
The Lord will guard your going and coming
both now and forever.
 
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and will be forever. Amen.
 
PRAYER
 O God, who renew the world
through mysteries beyond all telling,
grant, we pray,
that your Church may be guided by your eternal design
and not be deprived of your help in this present age.
Through Christ our Lord.   Amen.
 

Dear Friends,

Welcome to St.Agnes Church, Concord.
 

St. Agnes Parish has 50 years of history and tradition. It is a very vibrant parish where everyone is warmly welcomed. We are a multicultural community and you will find parishioners and staff to be very cordial and friendly.

Here you will find a parish that gives importance to prayer, service, hospitality, stewardship and community building. We have numerous groups and organizations that are very active in the parish. Our school continues to impart quality Catholic education. Our well planned and prepared liturgy is at the center of our parish life.

If you are new to the area, we warmly welcome you to our wonderful parish, and, if you are part of the parish, I thank you for your excellent spirit, stewardship and collaboration in making our parish so very much alive. And may Christ be alive always in our hearts and our parish.

Blessings,

Fr.Johnson