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The 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time Mass

We will be celebrating Mass this Saturday at 4pm in the parking area between O'Connell Hall and the Church (WEATHER PREMITTING). Please sign-up HERE if you would like to attend.

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR AND A MASK. IF YOU FEEL SICK PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND. 

If you have any questions please contacct the parish office at parish@olossharon.org or call 781-784-2265

Good afternoon everyone.
Find below my homily for this Sunday.
All three readings invite us to reflect on nature, and what nature tells us about God and about ourselves.
Despite everything, it is a good time to stop for a while, enjoy summer,and see what God has given us.
~ Fr. Clooney

When Nature Shows Us God

Deacon Mike passed away this afternoon, Sunday. His family needs time to make  arrangements given the boundaries that Covid – 19 has placed around all of us.

At some point, we will also have a parish observance of Mike’s passing and the great contribution he has made to our parish community and many of our brothers and sisters over the years.

For myself, I have lost a valued friend who at times ministered to me with encouragement, counsel and reminders of the eternal presence of a loving God.

“… I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust;
Whom I myself shall see:
my own eyes, not another’s, shall behold him.
And from my flesh I shall see God;
my inmost being is consumed with longing.” (Job:25-27)

Asylum Seekers Urgently Need Your Help

New changes proposed to the U.S. asylum system would make it nearly impossible for anyone fleeing persecution to find safety here in the U.S. By registering your opposition to the proposed changes in a public comment, you can help stop these regulations from going into effect. For information on how to do this, please click here.  This effort is being coordinated by parishioner and immigration attorney Amarilys Marrero-Goclowski who can be reached at amarilyslaw@gmail.com with any questions.
Deadline for Action: Wednesday, July 15

Continental Breakfast Item Donations Needed for MainSpring House

We are collecting continental breakfast items for donation to the MainSpring House in Brockton, which provides shelter and meals to homeless men, women and children. We need muffins, bagels, cereal in individual serving containers, yogurt in single servings, bread and juice.  Donations should be dropped off in the Bullock Center anytime Tuesday, July 28 or before noon on Wednesday, July 29. Please click here to sign up.

Help Others Exercise Their Right to Vote

As Catholics, we affirm the dignity of every human life. We recognize that society is a balance of rights and responsibilities and that our Catholic faith calls upon us to promote just relationships among all people, within and across families, communities and nations. For as the U.S. Bishops recently reaffirmed in “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” their reflection on Catholic teaching and political life: “In the Catholic tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue, and participation in political life is a moral obligation.”
One right essential to participation in our government is the right to vote. OLOS parishioners Olivia Nau (Youth Commission member), Sonya Townsend (Youth Commission member) and Lisa Uebelacker have volunteered to spearhead a partnership between OLOS and the Center for Common Ground, a 501(c)(3) organization, in its non-partisan Reclaim Our Vote campaign. Volunteers are needed to write postcards to people who have been removed from their state voter rolls, letting them know of their removal and sharing information about how to re-register to vote. This service project is compatible with social distancing and suitable for individuals as well as families. For more information about the Center for Common Ground’s Reclaim Our Vote campaign and its efforts to combat voter suppression, please click here. 
This service project is open to members of the OLOS community, as well as their families, neighbors and friends. Please spread the word about our project.  Interested volunteers are asked to contact Monica LaFond at mlafond@olossharon.org by July 15.

• OLOS staff has been meeting every 7 to 10 days to talk about how we can support the parish and ideas for virtual events.
• Parish Pastoral Council, Parish Finance Commission, Christian Service Commission and the Book Group are meeting monthly.
• Bible Study Group, Middle School Youth and Youth Commission are meeting weekly.

Be assured that the Staff and Parish Leadership are working hard to provide support for our OLOS family. We will communicate with you about necessary information when we get the green light to open. If you have any questions or concerns or need help please contact the parish office either by phone (781-784-2265) or email (parish@olossharon.org).

~ Fr. Frank, Staff and Parish Leadership

The reality of the pandemic has required us to rethink and reimagine all aspects of our life as a faith community, from our celebration of the Eucharist to our parish pastoral plan to our faith formation activities.

As we look ahead to the new faith formation year beginning this fall, we expect that the need for social distancing will continue. After careful consideration of the constraints imposed by our facilities, which even in ordinary times require us to borrow space at the Cottage Street Elementary School, and after consultation with the Parish Pastoral Council, the Faith Formation staff and I have decided that Pre-Kindergarten through Confirmation faith formation programs will be online during the 2020-21 faith formation year.

Teresa Coda and Monica LaFond are working on adapting our faith formation curriculum to this new online world. This spring, Teresa piloted a weekly online small-group discussion program with the middle schoolers that worked very well. Next year’s faith formation program will build on this format, with monthly online small sessions for children and youth grouped by age range, and additional components for 2nd graders preparing to receive their First Eucharist.  The sessions for children and youth will be supplemented by optional online sessions that will help parents explore ways they can share our Catholic faith with their children at home. As the Church teaches, parents are the first and foremost educators of their children, with both a right and a duty to form, develop and guide their children into adulthood. For this reason, the Second Vatican Council used the ancient expression “domestic Church” to describe the family as the center of a living faith where parents are the first preachers of the faith to their children, by word and example. 

The family as the domestic Church is especially apparent during this time, when the exigencies of COVID-19 prevent us from gathering in person as a parish community. While we look forward to the day when we will be able to resume in person programs and activities, we embrace the unique opportunities that come with moving our faith formation program online. For one, adapting our traditional faith formation program to the new, online reality is prompting us to reimagine faith formation in all its aspects, including its relevance to adults who have the solemn right and duty to pass on our Catholic faith to their children. For another, being online means that Teresa Coda can continue to direct our middle and high school faith formation programs despite the fact that she and her family have relocated to Pennsylvania to be nearer to her extended family. Teresa is an integral part of our Faith Formation team, so I am very happy that she is willing and able to continue as director of our middle and high school programs from her new home.

Teresa and Monica will continue to develop the new faith formation program over the next few months. If you would like to help with the planning or serve as a faith formation volunteer in the fall, or if you have comments or concerns, they can be reached at 781-784-2265, tcoda@olossharon.org and mlafond@olossharon.org.

- Fr. Frank

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