Letter from Father Tuckerman, dated Tuesday, March 28, 2020
Dear Parishioners of St Anne, St Michael, and Mary Queen,
I pray this email finds you well and close to Our Lord in these increasingly difficult times.
Over the last week there have been a few changes and some updates at the parishes that I would like to tell you about:
Masses: Online LiveStreaming
Starting Monday We will go back to English Masses our regular schedule on weekdays and 10:30 on Sunday.
I've been working hard to figure out how to do this with sound and all with some success in the last few days. I hope to have everything up and running the way it should by Sunday, so we will continue with our previous schedule until Monday. Starting monday the schedule will be back to:
English Masses:
10:30am Sundays
9am Tuesday
9am Wednesday
8:30am Thursday (with holy hour and rosary following)
Since I say Mass everyday, I will generally livestream those as well, usually at 8am in the Extraordinary Form (Latin). Generally that means at home you can join your hearts to the Mass in our parishes:
8am Monday
8am Friday
8am Saturday
You can follow along with an Latin-English translation here: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl
Why any in the Latin "Extraordinary Form?" For several reasons:
1) it helps me to pray - I notice a big difference in being able to surrender more to God during the day when I say the old Latin Mass. give it a try - it takes some open-mindedness and some work, but you may be surprised (I was!)
2) Because there are so many options for English Mass online in our diocese alone.
3) The old Latin Mass also has a Mass in time of pestilence, begging God to end this epidemic. I will be praying that Mass most days, the English new Mass does not have that option.
Confessions
I wanted to let you know that during this time of great precaution over the coronavirus, the churches will continue to remain open for visits to the Blessed Sacrament during daylight hours. However, in order to curb further coronavirus transmission, the bishop has now closed all gatherings of any type. So we will have no scheduled Confessions
As always, please let me know if anyone else needs to be anointed/given last rites (more than anointing). This is very important! I will visit anyone with proper personal protective equipment.
Adoration Streaming Online
I will also continue to livestream online my own prayer times, which usually includes Adoration in the morning and praying the Divine Office. I recently started chanting the Divine Office in Latin because that version goes through all the psalms in one week. I wanted to increase the prayers I am praying for all of you. The Church teaches that the psalms contain every emotion and time of life in them, asking God to be close in times of difficulty - it is a way to be united with every Christian. It is part of my solemn duty as a priest pray the Divine Office because it is so important for the life of the parish, though it is usually hidden. I invite you to join me. The prayers of the day can always be found here: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/Pofficium.pl
Please keep in touch by visiting our Facebook pages, where Masses, Adoration, and teachings are being live streamed:
Livestream page: https://www.facebook.com/Fr-Tuckerman-LiveStream-104987547820813/
St Anne: https://www.facebook.com/StAnneMedicalLake/
St Michael: https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelReardan/
Fr Tuckerman's personal page: https://www.facebook.com/daletuck/
This is the easiest way for us to stay in touch and to pray together, though separately. Please feel free to share and invite others to do the same.
Online Giving
People have been asking me about how to give to the parish when we cannot come to Mass! We just signed up for one of the best online giving platforms called "RebelGive" which should be all set up by next week - it takes time to integrate it with the bank and our website and Facebook. It will be available for all 3 parishes. I'm excite on how easy it is to use - I think you will all find it much more convenient than envelopes even into the future! Thank you for your patience!
A few final things
Remember to reach out during this time - make a phone call, even if it is short, to a few people today to ask how they are doing. You may be surprised how much better you feel when you get out of yourself and are thoughtful - God made us for communion and to love Him and one another!
Please do continue to pray for one another and to offer up prayers on the prayer chain. I'm sure that it will be up and running again in no time.
Finally, look on the St Anne Facebook page for the amazing Surrender Novena that Sister Mary Beverly gave us at the Lenten Mission - it is especially important in this time of great worry and stress!
Let us continue to turn more and more towards God - this hardship can become a blessing if we grow closer to Him in trust and love. Find below resources to help with just that!
In Mary's Immaculate Heart,
FrDT
Resources for Catholics During COVID-19:
Diocesan Website for COVID-19 Info & Letters from Bishop Daly
USCCB Mass Readings
Magnificate Online Prayer Book - Free
Magnificate en Espanol (gratis)
Dear Parishioners of St Anne, St Michael, and Mary Queen,
I pray this email finds you well and close to Our Lord in these increasingly difficult times.
Over the last week there have been a few changes and some updates at the parishes that I would like to tell you about:
Masses: Online LiveStreaming
Starting Monday We will go back to English Masses our regular schedule on weekdays and 10:30 on Sunday.
I've been working hard to figure out how to do this with sound and all with some success in the last few days. I hope to have everything up and running the way it should by Sunday, so we will continue with our previous schedule until Monday. Starting monday the schedule will be back to:
English Masses:
10:30am Sundays
9am Tuesday
9am Wednesday
8:30am Thursday (with holy hour and rosary following)
Since I say Mass everyday, I will generally livestream those as well, usually at 8am in the Extraordinary Form (Latin). Generally that means at home you can join your hearts to the Mass in our parishes:
8am Monday
8am Friday
8am Saturday
You can follow along with an Latin-English translation here: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/missa/missa.pl
Why any in the Latin "Extraordinary Form?" For several reasons:
1) it helps me to pray - I notice a big difference in being able to surrender more to God during the day when I say the old Latin Mass. give it a try - it takes some open-mindedness and some work, but you may be surprised (I was!)
2) Because there are so many options for English Mass online in our diocese alone.
3) The old Latin Mass also has a Mass in time of pestilence, begging God to end this epidemic. I will be praying that Mass most days, the English new Mass does not have that option.
Confessions
I wanted to let you know that during this time of great precaution over the coronavirus, the churches will continue to remain open for visits to the Blessed Sacrament during daylight hours. However, in order to curb further coronavirus transmission, the bishop has now closed all gatherings of any type. So we will have no scheduled Confessions
As always, please let me know if anyone else needs to be anointed/given last rites (more than anointing). This is very important! I will visit anyone with proper personal protective equipment.
Adoration Streaming Online
I will also continue to livestream online my own prayer times, which usually includes Adoration in the morning and praying the Divine Office. I recently started chanting the Divine Office in Latin because that version goes through all the psalms in one week. I wanted to increase the prayers I am praying for all of you. The Church teaches that the psalms contain every emotion and time of life in them, asking God to be close in times of difficulty - it is a way to be united with every Christian. It is part of my solemn duty as a priest pray the Divine Office because it is so important for the life of the parish, though it is usually hidden. I invite you to join me. The prayers of the day can always be found here: https://www.divinumofficium.com/cgi-bin/horas/Pofficium.pl
Please keep in touch by visiting our Facebook pages, where Masses, Adoration, and teachings are being live streamed:
Livestream page: https://www.facebook.com/Fr-Tuckerman-LiveStream-104987547820813/
St Anne: https://www.facebook.com/StAnneMedicalLake/
St Michael: https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelReardan/
Fr Tuckerman's personal page: https://www.facebook.com/daletuck/
This is the easiest way for us to stay in touch and to pray together, though separately. Please feel free to share and invite others to do the same.
Online Giving
People have been asking me about how to give to the parish when we cannot come to Mass! We just signed up for one of the best online giving platforms called "RebelGive" which should be all set up by next week - it takes time to integrate it with the bank and our website and Facebook. It will be available for all 3 parishes. I'm excite on how easy it is to use - I think you will all find it much more convenient than envelopes even into the future! Thank you for your patience!
A few final things
Remember to reach out during this time - make a phone call, even if it is short, to a few people today to ask how they are doing. You may be surprised how much better you feel when you get out of yourself and are thoughtful - God made us for communion and to love Him and one another!
Please do continue to pray for one another and to offer up prayers on the prayer chain. I'm sure that it will be up and running again in no time.
Finally, look on the St Anne Facebook page for the amazing Surrender Novena that Sister Mary Beverly gave us at the Lenten Mission - it is especially important in this time of great worry and stress!
Let us continue to turn more and more towards God - this hardship can become a blessing if we grow closer to Him in trust and love. Find below resources to help with just that!
In Mary's Immaculate Heart,
FrDT
Resources for Catholics During COVID-19:
Diocesan Website for COVID-19 Info & Letters from Bishop Daly
USCCB Mass Readings
Magnificate Online Prayer Book - Free
Magnificate en Espanol (gratis)
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