THE CHURCH OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

Sundays at 9:30 AM - Live streamed on Facebook and YouTube

St. Augustine's parishioners, if you are interested in a Tee to help with AJ's medical expenses, feel free to email your order directly to the school: office@staugustinesri.com  They would like all orders in by Tuesday, March 2nd, the latest. Thank you, in advance for your generosity. 

                          Lenten Observances

A Year of St. Joseph

With the Apostolic Letter “Patris Corde” (With a Father’s Heart), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021. Pope Francis encourages all of us to pray together:

"Glorious Patriarch Saint Joseph, whose power makes the impossible possible, come to my aid in these times of anguish and difficulty. Take under your protection the serious and troubling situations that I commend to you, that they may have a happy outcome. My beloved father, all my trust is in you. Let it not be said that I invoked you in vain, and since you can do everything with Jesus and Mary, show me that your goodness is as great as your power. Amen."


 

O good and dearest Jesus, I kneel before your face. With all my heart I ask you to place in my heart more faith, hope, and charity. Give me a true sorrow for my sins and a strong will to do better With great sorrow and grief I look upon your five wounds and think about them. Before my eyes are the words that the prophet David said of you, O good Jesus: "They have pierced my hands and feet They have numbered all my bones."

• All are required to wear masks or face coverings while in church, unless a physical restriction prevents it.
• With the exception of family members living in the same household, all must maintain a 6 feet distance from one another. 
• All must enter the church from the front doors only. The side entrance on Old Rd (with the exception of the handicapped entrance) and the back parking lot doors will NOT be accessible for entry to church on the weekend. They are open during the weekdays.
• Missalettes have been removed from the pews.
• Holy water fonts will remain empty.
• The sign of peace remains suspended.
• The procession with the offertory (the gifts of bread & wine) has been restored. If it is your Mass intention, please feel free to bring the gifts up to the priest at the time of the offertory.
• Because of the difficulty of requiring constant sanitization and cleaning, bathrooms will be accessible in church for EMERGENCY use only.
• Holy Communion will be distributed in the CENTER and SIDE aisles. The priests and the Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will be sanitizing before, during (if necessary) and after the distribution of Holy Communion. Those parishioners may come up, pew by pew, to receive Holy Communion as usual. But while in line, parishioners must work to feasibly maintain a 6 foot distance from one another.
• The faithful are advised to receive Holy Communion in the hand while wearing their masks and then remove their masks to receive the sacred host. Holy Communion may not be received in the hand by a member of the faithful wearing gloves.
• Anyone with underlying health conditions or anyone manifesting symptoms of illness is advised NOT to attend the public celebration of Mass. Mass will continue to be live-streamed on Sundays at 9:30 AM. Because of the smaller attendance at daily Mass, all the doors of the church will be unlocked.
• The Bishop continues to dispense everyone in the Diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Day Masses until further notice.

All parish ministry schedules are located on the website. Click on the, "Ministries" tab above, and then click on, Parish Ministry Schedules, then your ministry. It will bring you directly to the schedule you want. It can then be downloaded, at your convenience. Thanks!


 

SUNDAY MASSES
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 7:00, 9:30, 11:30 AM and 5:30 PM 
DAILY MASSES
Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM
Saturday 8 AM, preceded by the Rosary
CONFESSIONS
Saturday from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM