Please continue to pray for the sick of our Parish. To add someone to the prayer list, call Fr. Jim or email Mary Niagro at [email protected]. Our Lady Of Peace

Jodi Aerts Felice Iannaco Isabel Perry Roman Dylan Anderson Jeannine Iannaco Nelson Sanchez Terry Brennen Meja Irvin Princess Sanchez Julie Byron Lori Lecco John Seaquist Toni Capute Margaret MacDiarmid Ray Servis Justin Curtis Kathleen Moore Jane Sliwinski Carol Donato Beverly Moyer Margaret Smith Irene Dombrowski Chris Moyer Fred Toth Islea Duncan Ray Moyer Charles Watson Lynn Goss Mary Niagro Laura Williams Kathleen Hamilton Patsy Notestein Michael Williams Jane Hayes Angel Ortiz Travis Williams Bill Hines George Perry Betty Jo Wolfram

Our Lady of Peace Catholic Cemetery

Plots are available in the cemetery for $500.00, or you may purchase crematory urn plots for $250.00. These prices include perpetual care. For more information, con- tact one of the following Cemetery Committee Members: Joe Dorothy Donald Chuck Kevin And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these lit- Gardner Garcia Notestein Hirtz Hirtz tle ones to drink because he is a disciple―amen, I say to you,

Memorable Moments in Diocesan History he will surely not lose his reward. Matthew 10:42

To be published each week of the 200th anniversary liturgical year Our Lady Of Peace Catholic Church 2938 Oakleigh Ave. P.O. Box 668 by Chene Heady Appomattox, VA 24522-0668 In 1924, the Knights of Columbus fought back against anti-Catholic propagan- : Father James Gallagher 434-352-0104 da in by creating their own newspaper, the Virginia Knight. After For emergencies: Fr. Jim cell number: 434-238-7030 Catholic Al Smith’s 1928 presidential candidacy produced a spike in anti- or Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church 434-846-5245 Catholic incidents, Bishop (1926-1934) determined that the www.olpcatholicchurch.org

diocese needed its own newspaper to defend itself. Hence, in 1931, the dio- Holy Eucharist: Sunday 8:30 AM and Tuesday 10:00 AM cese purchased the Virginia Knight, which it renamed The Catholic Virginian. Tuesday 7:00 PM Thursday 12:15 PM So the 1920s battle between the Catholic Church and the K.K.K. still affects your mailbox 100 years later. Bulletin news to: Mary Niagro at: [email protected] Requests for mass cards to: Bonnie Toth at: [email protected] June 28, 2020 Upcoming Meetings and Events Parish Notices and Announcements Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. Dan Bain at OLP agenda will include How Peace. takes 20-30 minutes each we deal with Phase I You may time and you would be Our Lady of Peace wel- and Phase II and also be una- asked to do it less than comes Fr. Dan Bain, sub- putting events on the ware that once a month. Plus, you stituting for Fr. Jim today, calendar for the next one condi- can do your job with the Sunday, June 28. Fr. Jim ministerial year tion of our satisfaction of knowing is away in Rhode Island (September - December). reopen- that everything that hap- Scripture Readings: visiting with family.. ing is that pens at mass is possible

st Cluster Meeting for we have to only because of your 1 Reading: Annual Appeal Goal Met Councils disinfect the pews both work. If you are interest- 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16 before and after mass. ed in signing up for the nd Our goal was $3,180 but 2 Reading: The Father MacEleney We are in need of volun- Cleaning Committee, you raised $6150. The Bulletin will be on 1 Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 Cluster, which is St. Vic- teers to help perform please email Bonnie Toth Congratulations! Summer Break next Gospel: toria and Our Lady of this crucial work on a at: That means we receive Sunday, July 5. Matthew 10:37-42 Peace, will meet on rotating basis. It only [email protected] back 50 percent which Monday, August 10, at Calendar amounts to $3,075. 6:30 p.m. for a covered Attending Mass during COVID-19, in Three Simple Steps: June 29 Calendar Planning dish dinner and a social. Sts. Peter & Paul The place will be an- August Through December Fr. Jim will be sending the parish the rather lengthy―but necessary―coronavirus July 3 nounced later. guidelines that the diocese has mandated. However, the basic things the average St. Thomas the Apostle Attention leaders and co- parishioner needs to know can be summed up clearly and briefly as follows: Until July 4 Sunday Masses ordinators of ministries. the COVID-19 crisis is over, you should come to mass only if you do not fall into a Independence Day Continue online vulnerable population and no one in your family is sick (if you don’t meet those Please look at your plans conditions, you should watch mass on-line at home). If you are able to come to for the coming ministerial You can access our Reconciliation mass, just follow these three simple steps: year. Give the dates for Sunday mass by going Fr. Jim offers the Sacra- meetings and events to to http:// 1. Wear a mask (homemade is fine). You will lift or remove the mask only when ment of reconciliation Bonnie Toth or Chene olpcatholicchurch.org/ receiving communion. If you do not have a mask, an usher will provide you with before Mass or by Heady. Or come to the videos until further no- one. 2. Maintain social distancing. Keep six feet away from anyone who does not be- appointment. next parish pastoral council tice. We hope to be meeting on July 14. long to your family. Wave, rather than hugging or shaking hands; this includes the able to upgrade and live Sign of Peace.

stream soon. 3. Listen to your usher. The ushers understand all the complexities of the gover- Next Parish Pastoral nor’s safety regulations and are our principal means of carrying them out. So dur- Quarantined? Council Meeting Cleaning Committee ing the coronavirus crisis, you should defer to your ushers the same way you would Volunteers Wanted at a wedding. Just as at a wedding, you will be ushered to an assigned seat when Don’t miss the bulletin on On Tuesday, July 14 after Sunday! Check out the you come in and you will be ushered out when you leave (do not leave until then). 7 p.m. mass we will have parish webpage at It's exciting that we have If for the next few months we can all pretend that we are at a wedding, we can all www.olpcatholicchurch.org our next Parish Pastoral been able to resume gather while still staying safe. Council Meeting. The mass at Our Lady of