Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I am happy to announce that we are now entering Phase 2 of the plan to bring us safely back to communion and community! Public Masses with Moderate Limits on Public Gatherings and Moderate Social Distancing, will begin Corpus Christi weekend, June 13-14, 2020.
The Feast of Corpus Christi - also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - celebrates the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. Our identity as Catholics and our identity as a parish, are wrapped up in the truth of the Most Blessed Sacrament - that the Bread and Wine becomes Jesus’ Body and Blood and is given to us to consume so that Jesus may dwell in us and we in Him. This year our parish feast day will be a source of double blessing as we begin our return to the Eucharist - the source and summit of our Christian life - to worship as the Body of Christ.
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Remember: no Catholic is required to receive Holy Communion during the pandemic. The faithful in the Diocese of Green Bay remain dispensed from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for any reason.
Please review the “Phase 2: Re-Connecting to Inspire" flyer for more detailed information.
6/9/20: Health & Safety Guidelines for Mass at MBS
You can also check out this video walk-through of exactly what you can expect when you join us for Sunday and Weekday Masses:
One of the guidelines for Phase 2 includes limiting attendance to 25% of our church capacity. Those who feel safe, are not in one of the identified high risk groups, and are willing to take the precautions we are asking are welcome to make a reservation at daily and/or weekend Masses.
Please make a reservation online (bit.ly/MBSMass) or by calling the parish office.
To facilitate the additional required sanitation procedures, we will be making the following changes to our weekend Mass times beginning Corpus Christi weekend (June 13 &14):
Masses will be held Saturday at 4PM at the St. Peter site, Sunday at 8:30AM at the St. Peter site, and Sunday at 10:30AM at the St. Mary site.
Daily Masses will be held Monday through Saturday at 7:30AM at the St. Peter site.
The 8:30AM Sunday and Daily Masses will continue to be live-streamed on our YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/MBSOshkoshLive).
To arrange for an extraordinary minister of communion to bring the Eucharist to you, please contact Laurie at (920) 231-9782 or mbslpollack@gmail.com.
We are excited to announce the parish has adopted some new ways to keep you connected to the life of our parish and keep you updated on any changes in our status.
You may soon receive a welcome message from our new communication system, Evangelus. This is not spam. We encourage you to open the message and follow the link to select your preferred form of contact.
You can also text MBSOshkosh to 5532 or visit eva.us/mbsoshkosh to update your parish contact information.