Church at Home Home Altar We Are All Still at Home and Watching Live Stream Masses from Our Living Rooms, Bedrooms, and Kitchens

353 South Pagosa Boulevard Pagosa Springs, CO 81147

Office Hours: PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL Mon.–Thurs. 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Rev. Kenny Udumka, Pastor Friday 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Deacon Pat McKenzie Juanita Archuleta Phones: Jim Field Pope John Paul II (970) 731-5744 Chris Gallegos Fax (970) 731-2151 Ron Halvorson Welcome Visitors Doug Purcell Please sign our guest book email: [email protected] Bernie Schuchart and worship with us often. Gene Tautges www.popejohnpauliichurch.org

Father Kenny Udumka, Pastor

Coming Home

Inquiry classes will eventually start up again so please watch the bulletin for dates and times. Listen for the tug at your heart calling you back to the Catholic Church. That tug is Jesus softly speaking to you! Friends and family are welcome!

THIRD SUNDAy Of EASTER MASS STREAMINg SCHEDULE

Private Mass with father Kenny Weekly contributions can also be paid via Live Stream: using PayPal or Credit Card by pressing Daily Mass the COVID-19 Parish Rescue fund Tuesday thru friday 7:00 a.m. above the Live Stream video. Sunday Mass 9:00 a.m. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND MASS. PARISH BULLETIN VIEW AT HOME via LIVE STREAM. Our weekly bulletin is available on Parishes The link is: Online for now. http://demo.popejohnpauliichurch.org/jp-ii-in- https://parishesonline.com/ action/mass-streaming-online/

DIRECTIVES FROM THE DIOCESE

In order to promote an environment of safety and health by civil authorities, the following recommendations have been put into place by Bishop Berg for the Diocese of Pueblo effective immediately.

• All public Masses and public activities are suspended indefinitely. • Sacraments of Initiation for RCIA Catechumens and Candidates will be forthcoming. Delay of Sacraments of Initiation will be observed until restrictions have been lifted. Unless in danger of death. • Online Eucharistic Adoration may be found at: https://virtualadoration.home.blog/ • Confessions are moved out of small spaces where the civil mandates of Catherine of Siena social distancing can be followed. (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), a laywoman associated with the • Spring Confirmation has been postponed and to be rescheduled through Dominican Order, was a mystic, the Office of Worship, in consultation with the Bishop. ac tivist, and author who had a great influence on Italian literature The diocesan calendar is waiting for future announcements by civic author ities and the Catholic Church. as when the current restrictions are lifted. Canonized in 1461, she is also a Thank you for your cooperation at such a difficult time. Doctor of the Church. Our prayers are with you.

APRIL 26, 2020 LIVE THE LITURGY WITH fIAT-AMEN ADORATION Amen. Yes, Lord, I believe that You are truly present here, Body and “21 Ways to Worship” Blood, Soul and Divinity, hidden under what still looks like bread. Yes, by Vinny Flynn Lord, I believe that You actually want to live in me, flesh of my flesh.

Behold Your Mother! Fiat , Lord. Let it be done to me according to Your will. Live in me. Let So what better person than Mary to Your whole ‘mode of being’ pass into me –– Your thoughts, Your feelings, Your attitudes, Your values, Your way of seeing and living and loving. Keep help prepare us to adore Jesus in me conscious of Your presence within me as I leave this church, and let the Blessed Sacrament, to help us me bring You with me into the world. become so transformed by Him that we, too, radiate His presence? Let me become living Eucharist, a living tabernacle of Your love. Let me be, like Mary, a living monstrance, bringing Your love and the power of In his teachings about how we all Your Spirit to all I meet so that they, like the babe in Elizabeth’s womb, may leap for joy at the tenderness of Your touch. © 2005 Vinny Flynn need to “sit in the school of Mary” to learn from her about the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II explains that Diocese of Pueblo there is a “profound analogy” Virtual Convocation 2020 be tween Mary’s Fiat and the Amen we say when we receive the Eu charist. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, in-person Convocation 2020 at Pueblo Commu nity He urges us to follow her example College has been CANCELED. and let our Amen be a Fiat. How ever, the Diocese of Pueblo will hold a virtual Convocation 2020 on WebinarJam. The event is free; however, each individual must register What an amazing insight! When I in order to view the pre sentations. read this, it touched me so deeply Reg istration is open now! https://tlwequip.org/convocation/ that I put it into a prayer that I call The webinar will be hosted by Fr. Bill Watson, S.J., President and Founder the Fiat-Amen prayer. It’s a perfect of Sacred Story Institute. prayer to say right after receiving Communion or anytime during The schedule is as follows: Tuesday, May 5: Session #1 will be 11AM to Noon (MST) our Ado ration. Session #2 will be 2-3PM (MST) Session #3 will be 6-7PM (MST) St. Patrick’s Perpetual Adoration Chapel SACRAMENTS / CLASSES Is Open At Father’s request, there are only 10 Baptism – Funerals chairs set up for Adoration. Hand CLASSES CANCELLED Contact Parish Office before san itizer is placed near the door so January, April, July, October. making arrangements with the everyone can sanitize their hands First Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. mortuary. upon entering. We are following the Call the Office for information. recommendations of the Diocese Sacrament of Sick to keep our community healthy. Confirmation - Youth Contact Parish Office 731-5744 CLASSES CANCELLED The chapel is open RCIA & Adult Confirmation 24 hours, 7 days a week. Marriages CLASSES CANCELLED Contact Parish Office at least nine months prior to wedding date.

THIRD SUNDAy Of EASTER Sandra Behr, Dave Wright, Gregory Lucero Jr., Ben Day, Guadalupe Echavarria, Vina Gurule, Jimmy McCabe Please pray for our churches, clergy and parishioners experiencing financial hardship during COVID-19.

Please call the parish office to have a name added to our Prayer List. Names will remain on the list for 1 month. gOSPEL MEDITATIONS twice. The journey is always different. What kinds of things ENCOURAGE DEEPER UNDERSTANDING do you notice as you walk through life? It seems that the disciples of the Road to Emmaus missed a lot at first. We What does it take for our eyes to be opened? Every do as well. day, a man laboriously walks down Main Street of town. We are called to walk with purpose, to listen, and to With great difficulty but graceful determination, he places notice things that may not at first be apparent. We have to one foot in front of the other, uses a crudely made staff for allow the One who has a special claim on our soul to support, and walks. His pace is slow, but he walks. What en lighten, instruct, and inspire us. The incarnate mystery of does he hope to see? Where does he want to go? What God is pulsating in and through all of creation, where the does he find? We all walk through life. The type of “walking” presence of the Word who became flesh can be life requires is not always physical but is most assuredly discov ered. He has been with us all along. How could we emotional and spiritual. We walk, we look, we encounter, have missed Him? Our journey brings us back to the and we seek. How we do these things and what we actually break ing of the bread, and something begins to stir within find is determined by what we carry and what we allow us. We begin to understand, and things look differently. ourselves to discover along the way. Bread, body, wine, and blood bring us to see that everyone If walking is too challenging for us, we may choose to and everything is a “Eucharistic” encounter. We become isolate and stay alone. If we are afraid to walk, we may be - what we eat and we see what we eat. We continue to walk. come overly dependent on others providing for us and Our eyes are now opened, and we recognize Him. Our abandon the journey. We can walk and pay attention only hearts burn. Stay with us. Please stay with us. to what is in front of our feet and never notice the immen sity ©LPi of what is happening around us. The road is never the same

InVEST In THE WELCOME TO OUR IHM/JP II Catholic FUTURE FOOd PanTRy Church Rentals We currently need Adopt a Child’s Religious Rentals available: IHM Parish Hall & baking mix and soup. Kitchen, JP II Meeting Rooms, Edu cation for the School Year. Please leave your donation in the Narthex, Pavilion and Kitchen. The average cost for one RE Pantry Box of the JP II Entry. The If interested, please contact stu dent is $340 per child per year. Food Pantry is on the north side of Parish Office 353 S. Pagosa Blvd. the church. Hours: Wed. 10- 12 970-731-5744 Thank you for your generosity! or email: [email protected]

APRIL 26, 2020 Church At Home Home Altar We are all still at home and watching Live Stream Masses from our living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens. While this is fulfilling our spiritual soul might feel something missing. A special sacred place for prayer and devotion. Why not make a home altar? A place where the family can pray and attend Live Stream Masses while staying at home. This is not a substitute for Mass! But a chance of faithful fulfillment during an uncertain time. It’s simple to do, there aren’t any rules, “Young people and it’s a great way to set the scene for Live Streaming the Mass, praying in silence, are the face of the saying the rosary as a family, or even sending the kids for a time out with Jesus. Church’s future.” – Pope Francis Select a Special Space: This could be – the top of a shelf, mantle, desk, shelf that hangs on the wall, section of your china cabinet, the back of your piano… just find something that works for you. If you use a little cabinet, you can store extra religious RE DATES items and change them with the seasons and church calendar. It doesn’t have to be perfect and you can always move it later. 8Every Sunday at 9 am Live Stream Mass as a Family. All cancelled RE Youth and Family Activities will be Find Religious Items: Objects such as a Bible, candles, rosaries, statues, crosses, rescheduled. flowers, prayer books, medals, pictures, dried palms, etc. (Or have the kids can color pictures, craft a crucifix, or make rosaries.) AT HOME WITH YOUR KIDS 8Feast Day of St. Catherine of More Ideas: Sienna – April 29. St. Catherine was • Provide some kneelers for praying. born in the 1300’s and joined a Dominic an • Get several sheets of felt, placemats, or tablecloths in liturgical colors (green, Order in her teens. St. Catherine had purple, pink, red, and white) and switch them out throughout the liturgical season. vi sions of Christ, Mary and the Saints • Display the latest religious crafts your children have made. and it is believed she had the stigmata. • Locate a small chalk or dry erase board to present a new scripture verse every week. St. Catherine is know for her theologic al • Have the family select a saint to watch over the family altar. Let the kids research writings of the Catholic Church. their favorite saint and display the saint’s statue, picture, candle, or prayer card. • Place a basket on your altar filled with religious items for the kids to use during 8Feast Day of St Joseph the Worker – devotions. Fill the basket with religious children’s books, children’s Bible, plastic May 1. St. Joseph was the earthly father statues, daily devotional prayer books, rosaries, prayer cards,etc.) of Jesus. St Joseph is the Patron Saint of workers because of his commitment • If your children are trustworthy use incense or candles. Battery operated can dles to the dignity of labor. St. Joseph holds are great little ones a lily to represent his holiness and his • Get a special intentions crucifix for displaying religious medals. celibate marriage to the Blessed Virgin. • Display Prayers in frames for reading aloud. Celebrate St Joseph’s feast day and a • Use any relics may have at home and find a special place for them on your altar. make a paper lily of construction paper • Include a Holy Water font or a bottle of Holy Water. and pipe cleaners. • Switch out the objects to fit the liturgical year. Maybe during Advent have a nativity set, during Lent a crown of thorns, and during Easter display a resurrection set. VBS IS For May, find a statue of Mary and have a “May Crowing Ceremony.” Research COMINg church themes and coordinate a saint’s feast day. JUNE 15-19, It’s okay to start small and simple. After you set it up; say a prayer together and 2020 re member it is a quiet place of prayer and respect. Remember, we will not be stuck at home forever. We will be attending Mass together soon. Your home altar can stay up for as long as you need, even after these uncertain times pass. JOIN THE fUN!! Remember, “GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME." VOLUNTEER!! VISIT Pagosa Catholic Community youth on facebook!

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MEETINgS CANCELLED Cenacle Women’s Fellowship Men’s Fellowship Rosary & Chaplet This At-Home 4 Levels Course of Divine Mercy During this time of the pandemic, we are unable to gather in groups larger than 10. Bishop Berg decided to make this course available online, so that Bulletin Notices we might use some of the ‘extra’ time that is a hidden blessing of this period Deadline: Fridays –8 days for Spiritual Growth. This can be an effective introduction to the program, be fore the bulletin is distributed. and may be an incentive to attend a Parish presentation when they begin again Send to: [email protected] Bulletin INSERT Deadline after the pandemic re cedes. Noon on Wednesday

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