St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

Following Diocesan orders, and the CDC, we will be cancelling ALL MASSES and all parish gatherings until further notice. 
The Church WILL REMAIN open during the day for private prayer from 9am to 7pm. Please no more than 10 people in the church at one time and keep a safe distance from each other. 

Please read LETTER FROM FR. JOHN and
 the link to the Prayers At Home When Gathering For Mass Is Not Possible
https://www.elphindiocese.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Prayers-At-Home-When-Gathering-for-Mass-is-Not-Possible.pdf

Please see the link above,  "Coronavirus," for more details.

All Mass intentions that are being missed during this time will be rescheduled to a future date. 

Join Pope Francis in prayer and receive his extraordinary “Urbi et orbi” blessing and plenary indulgence on Friday at Noon.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said he will give an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27 (12 noon CST).

The formal blessing — usually given only immediately after a new pope’s election and on Christmas and Easter — carries with it a plenary indulgence for all who follow by television, internet or radio, are sorry for their sins, recite a few prescribed prayers, and promise to go to Confession and to receive the Eucharist as soon as possible.

The prayer and blessing will be broadcast live on the Vatican News website at https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html

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The blessing will be broadcast on EWTN at noon, then rebroadcast at 7 p.m. Friday and 4 a.m. Saturday.

The conditions for receiving a plenary indulgence are (Cf. The Gift of the Indulgence, by the Apostolic Penitentiary):

• having the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin;
• having sacramentally confessed sins;
• receiving the Holy Eucharist (it is certainly better to receive it while participating in Holy Mass, but for the indulgence only Holy Communion is required);
• prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.

*During these times of lockdown and quarantine, the Vatican has determined that the 2nd and 3rd of those conditions can be fulfilled when it becomes again possible.

All Masses and devotions have been cancelled until further notice. The church will be OPEN from 9am-7pm every day for private prayer. We encourage all who can to come pray before Our Lord in the Tabernacle for an end to this pestilence. There are prayer books in the vestibule with daily Mass readings. Please take and use. 
Only 10 people are allowed in church at one time. Please keep a safe distance from one another. 

https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/vatican-grants-emergency-plenary-indulgence-divine-mercy-chaplet

New Plenary Indulgence

Because of the pandemic, anyone who, with “the will to fulfil the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer according to the Holy Father's intentions), as soon as possible,” recites the Divine Mercy Chaplet with the intention “to implore from Almighty God the end of the epidemic, relief for those who are afflicted and eternal salvation for those whom the Lord has called to Himself,” can receive a plenary indulgence each day.

This great news was announced in an official decree from the Apostolic Penitentiary on March 20, 2020.