Welcome to St. Mary by the Sea Catholic Church
275 S Pacific St. Rockaway Beach, Oregon |
We are a loving, supportive, and vibrant Catholic community committed to being a welcoming parish family by spreading the Love of Jesus Christ throughout our community and into the world.
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As we continue in Phase 2, A general dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation will remain in place.
Anyone attending Mass does so at their own risk. If you are attending, masks are required. Exceptions are for people with disability and children 12 years old or younger. .
Vulnerable, at-risk and otherwise concerned persons should remain home.
Anyone who has even the slightest symptoms or feelings of sickness must remain home.
June 12, 2020
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus!
As we have been making a slow and steady progress in getting back to our regular schedule of both spiritual and social activities, we owe a big ‘THANKS’ to all who stepped up to make this happen. Unfortunately, we were totally unprepared for the recent development of activities/unrest throughout the country/world after what happened in Minneapolis, two weeks ago.
In their new pastoral letter against racism, Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love, the Catholic Bishops of the United States invite conversion of hearts, minds, and institutions in order to address the evil of racism that still exists in our communities. May we all rise to the occasion to stand united in working toward building a just, loving and peaceful society!
II. Gladly we have moved into the second phase of reopening which allows us to come together, especially to worship our Lord, in larger groups. We will also resume having our parish meetings in the Parish Hall. Please refer to the bulletin for all updated information. Beginning next weekend, we can accommodate a few more people in our church for the masses, of course with certain directives and guidelines to be adhered to. While maintaining physical distancing, we may now have up to 50 people at each Mass.
Personally, I take this occasion to thank God for having given me the opportunity to serve here in all three churches, and Archbishop Sample for allowing me to serve here as parish administrator and the Vicar of this North Coast Vicariate. Also I want to sincerely thank each and every member of these churches for the warmth of love that I have truly experienced and the support that you all gave me in carrying out my pastoral duties. Beyond any doubt, I will cherish all those moments and count them gratefully as special blessings for my future ministry. While I promise to keep you all in my prayers, especially on the altar when I offer the Sacrifice of Mass, may I request you to keep me in your prayers!
THANK YOU!
May God bless us all, and may our Blessed Mother continue to protect and guide us by her powerful intercession!
United in Christ,
Fr. Amal and Fr. Akuti
Anyone attending Mass does so at their own risk. If you are attending, masks are required. Exceptions are for people with disability and children 12 years old or younger. .
Vulnerable, at-risk and otherwise concerned persons should remain home.
Anyone who has even the slightest symptoms or feelings of sickness must remain home.
June 12, 2020
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus!
As we have been making a slow and steady progress in getting back to our regular schedule of both spiritual and social activities, we owe a big ‘THANKS’ to all who stepped up to make this happen. Unfortunately, we were totally unprepared for the recent development of activities/unrest throughout the country/world after what happened in Minneapolis, two weeks ago.
In their new pastoral letter against racism, Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love, the Catholic Bishops of the United States invite conversion of hearts, minds, and institutions in order to address the evil of racism that still exists in our communities. May we all rise to the occasion to stand united in working toward building a just, loving and peaceful society!
II. Gladly we have moved into the second phase of reopening which allows us to come together, especially to worship our Lord, in larger groups. We will also resume having our parish meetings in the Parish Hall. Please refer to the bulletin for all updated information. Beginning next weekend, we can accommodate a few more people in our church for the masses, of course with certain directives and guidelines to be adhered to. While maintaining physical distancing, we may now have up to 50 people at each Mass.
- Here is the Mass schedule. During the week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) @ 9:30 am; Saturday Vigil mass @ 5 pm; and Sunday masses @ 8:30 & 10:30 am.
- You will still need to call the office to sign up, with your names and phone numbers, for any of the masses that you want to attend.
- In case you failed to sign up, you may show up 15 minutes before the start of the mass to be on the stand-by list. In any case, we will collect your names and phone numbers.
- The dispensation from the Sunday obligation is still in place.
- The monitors at the entrance of the church will remind you of all the procedures to be followed. (Sanitizing your hands upon arrival, using the prayer sheets, and sanitizing the pew with the disinfecting wipes after the mass etc.)
- We strongly recommend using your own facial masks during the mass.
- If you want to receive communion on your tongue, please wait in line, respecting the social distancing, until everyone receives communion on hands.
Personally, I take this occasion to thank God for having given me the opportunity to serve here in all three churches, and Archbishop Sample for allowing me to serve here as parish administrator and the Vicar of this North Coast Vicariate. Also I want to sincerely thank each and every member of these churches for the warmth of love that I have truly experienced and the support that you all gave me in carrying out my pastoral duties. Beyond any doubt, I will cherish all those moments and count them gratefully as special blessings for my future ministry. While I promise to keep you all in my prayers, especially on the altar when I offer the Sacrifice of Mass, may I request you to keep me in your prayers!
THANK YOU!
May God bless us all, and may our Blessed Mother continue to protect and guide us by her powerful intercession!
United in Christ,
Fr. Amal and Fr. Akuti