Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Dear Parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe,

Although we have been separated since mid-March, I want you to know that I have kept all of you in my prayers and remembered you each day at Mass. May the Lord protect you and your family at this time.
      
During this unprecedented pandemic we need to turn to our Faith and our God. Pray that a vaccine will be found that can protect us and that our lives can return to some normalcy. Pray for our Faith Family and all who are suffering from the many issues (loss of loved ones, health, employment, isolation and loneliness, etc.)  this virus is causing.  
 
I am writing to keep in touch and let you know what is happening with our Church Family. We have re-instated our Sunday Mass schedule and also our weekday Masses. We continue to follow the guidelines of social distancing as well as wearing face masks. We will follow the guidelines issued by our civil authorities as they make changes for the protection of all.  Our church is sanitized after the masses on Sunday as well as during the week thanks to volunteers as well as the Deputy Sheriff Association. They took this on as a community service project. God bless them.
      
We have a new Associate Pastor, Fr. Dwight Hoeberechts, OMI. Fr. Dwight comes to us from being pastor at St. Gregory's Church in Sitka, Alaska. His hometown is Cornwall, New York ( near West Point) . He is very happy to be here and hopefully you will meet him soon. I do want to say farewell to Fr. Benny who has been with us for the past seven months. He is going to White Earth, Minnesota where the Oblates work on several reservations. We will send him off with warm clothes.
        
We are having our Annual Fund-Raiser for St. Jude Community Center. The raffle will take place on Saturday, Sept. 19th. There will be no gathering but we will choose the winners in the Church. The first prize is $1,000.00, and there are 8 other great prizes. Tickets are $3.00 each and 4 for $10.00. We are in need of 20-25 parishioners who would help us sell the tickets. Please call Donna Voros at the rectory to pick up the tickets. We will also sell tickets in the Gift Shop and after all Sunday masses.  All the proceeds will go to support our St. Jude Community Center.
 
     
Information about our Religious Education Program as well as our RCIA Program will be going out soon. Finally, I want to thank all of you for your continued support, especially for those who have sent your contributions in or those who use PayPal. If you are able to send your contribution, please know that your support helps us to continue our ministry here. God bless you. Stay safe and let us pray for each other.
    
Sincerely in Jesus and Mary,
        
Fr. Tony