SAINT POLYCARP CATHOLIC CHURCH

Mass Announcements - 06/05-06/06

6/2/2021

Don't forget, the Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation group will be at our parish this Sunday, June 13, 2021, from 9 AM to 12 PM in the parish hall to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to our parishioners. No appointment is needed. Feel free to share this information with everyone.
Join us as together we pray for the soul of Ethel Dilabio, our long-time parishioner who recently passed away. Her funeral mass service is scheduled for Thursday, June 17th at 5:30 p.m. We are all saddened by her loss and our prayers and thoughts are with Mr. Fernando Dilabio and the family during this difficult time. Father Michael St. Paul, our former pastor, will be the Presider at this mass. Come and join us to pray for Mrs. Dilabio and her family.
Returning to Normalcy plan - Working with guidance from the Parish Council meeting, we are planning to launch our Returning to Normalcy plan. Beginning the weekend of June 19th and 20th, Father's Day weekend, all Masses will be held inside the Church. This also will be our last week of live streaming both daily and weekend masses. We have picked three Masses to celebrate our Returning to Normalcy Plan on that weekend, the 9 am Spanish Mass, the 11 am English Mass, and the 4 pm Vietnamese Mass. Courtesy refreshments provided by the community ministries will be served after these Masses the current tent area. We are additionally making changes to our confession schedule. We will be resuming confessions on Monday evening from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm weekly. The Saturday morning confession will be moved to Friday morning during the Adoration hour from 9 am to 10 am. Saturday afternoon confessions will be from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Our parish weekly bulletin will resume printing on the weekend of Father's day as planned. For all the group coordinators, please send any article update that you would like to be included by email to Marcia Vojtech, mvojtech@stpolycarp.org by 12 PM Tuesday, 6/15/2021. Every Tuesday by 12 PM also will be our weekly bulletin deadline for any article submission requests. The team will review and screen your contents and will ask for approval if necessary prior to publishing them.
This coming week all of our priests will be on their annual Diocesan priest retreat. Masses this week will be replaced with a communion service led by one of our Deacons. This will be true for all normal Masses starting with the 6:30 PM Spanish Mass on Monday, 06/07, and ending with the 8:30 AM Mass on Friday, 06/12. Please pray for our priests during this week that their retreat be filled with fruitful experiences and God's graces while taking a break from our parish.

Mass Announcements - 05/29-05/30

5/28/2021

We will have a 24-hour Adoration starting this Saturday June 5th, from 6:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sunday, June 6, 2021, to celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.) All the groups have signed up for each hour as scheduled. Each group is allowed to pray and sing together out loud for the first half of the hour and the second half of the hour is for quiet meditation and reflection. Individual persons need not sign up and you can be there at any hours to join the prayers.
The Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation Group will be at our parish on Sunday, June 13, 2021, to provide free Covid-19 vaccination to our parishioners from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon in the parish hall. No appointment is needed. Please SHARE this information with everyone.
Returning to Normalcy plan - Working with guidance from the Parish Council meeting, we are planning to launch our Returning to Normalcy plan. Beginning the weekend of June 19th and 20th, Father's Day weekend, all Masses will be held inside the Church. This also will be our last week of live streaming both daily and weekend masses. We have picked three Masses to celebrate our Returning to Normalcy Plan on that weekend, the 9 am Spanish Mass, the 11 am English Mass, and the 4 pm Vietnamese Mass. Courtesy refreshments provided by the community ministries will be served after these Masses the current tent area. We are additionally making changes to our confession schedule. We will be resuming confessions on Monday evening from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm weekly. The Saturday morning confession will be moved to Friday morning during the Adoration hour from 9 am to 10 am. Saturday afternoon confessions will be from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
Please together we continue to pray for everyone in our parish for the safety and peace for all.

Join us for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi

5/26/2021

Mass announcements - 05/22-05/23

5/20/2021

Returning to Normalcy plan - Working with guidance from the Parish Council meeting, we are planning to launch our Returning to Normalcy plan. Beginning the weekend of June 19th and 20th, Father's Day weekend, all Masses will be held inside the Church. This also will be our last week of live streaming both daily and weekend masses. We have picked three Masses to celebrate our Returning to Normalcy Plan on that weekend, the 9 am Spanish Mass, the 11 am English Mass, and the 4 pm Vietnamese Mass. Courtesy refreshments provided by the community ministries will be served after these Masses the current tent area.
We are additionally making changes to our confession schedule. We will be resuming confessions on Monday evening from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm weekly. The Saturday morning confession will be moved to Friday morning during the Adoration hour from 9 am to 10 am. Saturday afternoon confessions will be from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
Thank you to everyone who participated in our ministry fair last weekend.
Registrations for 2021/2022 for all of our Faith Formation programs for 1st Communion, RCIA, Vietnamese Religious Education, and the Confirmation 1 and 2 programs, continue this weekend, May 22nd and 23rd from 10 am to 2 pm in the schoolyard. Any questions feel free to contact the program coordinators. Their phone numbers are posted by the school gate.
The Vietnamese Community is hosting a fundraising Beef Noodles Soup Sale to support our parish for this weekend of May 22nd and May 23rd. The infamous crispy egg rolls will also be available at the sale. Food will be available for dine-in or to-go option. Each bowl of Pho is $9.00.
Please together we continue to pray for everyone in our parish for the safety and peace for all. Please SHARE this page for your family and friends.