Perry County Consortium 

A Lenten Prayer Preparation Experience. There will be one session. The sessions will include all of the Consortium Parishes, all is welcome - questions and comments are encourage. St. Rose Church will host the event on Tuesday February 2nd and will start at 6:00 P.M. Ask yourself, do I want to make this a great Lenten experience for 2021? How do I plan? How do I prepare? Will the preparation and experience carry over in my life?

The 2021 Conference will be an amazing experience of virtual presentations, personal small groups, food and fellowship and to be held at the upper level of the PCC at St. Rose Gym on February 27, 2021 from 9:00am - 12:00pm See Parish bulletin insert this weekend for more info.

JANUARY IS POVERTY AWARENESS MONTH. More than 38 million Americans live in poverty. Encounter ,Learn, Act. For resources about what Catholics can do to address poverty in the United States, visit USCCB’s Poverty USA website at www.povertyusa.org.

FAITH IN OUR FUTURE to date has received $33,233.62 in donations from Alumni, Benefactors, Vendors and Parishioners. Donations continue to come in throughout the year being a continued support for St. Rose Catholic School. Thank you to all who have donated.

The dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation granted by Bishop Brennan, which was to last at least through Sunday, September 13, 2020, has been extended indefinitely. This is in keeping with the indefinite dispensation throughout the rest of the Ohio Catholic Conference. Those who are in the high risk categories are encouraged to remain home. Those who are not feeling well or who are exhibiting Coronavirus type symptoms are expected to remain home. It remains in effect to observe safe social distancing by marking off pews, to wear masks in church, and to make use of sanitization procedures.

REGARDING FIRST HOLY COMMUNION FOR CHILDREN: This is for the parents of all our second graders doing Religious Education from home this year and who will be making their First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion later this May. So far you have been receiving “Gospel Weeklies” which connects each weekend’s Mass readings with the lessons to be learned that week. These “Gospel Weeklies” will continue to be passed out for you to go through with your kids each week as part of this year’s “at-home” Sunday school. On January 10th, parents are asked to attend a meeting with Fr. Yakkel at 11:45 a.m. in St. Rose Church. At this meeting, we will discuss the program to be used specifically for sacramental preparation and a schedule will be handed out. The sacramental preparation will involve watching a series of videos with your kids each week leading up to First Reconciliation (Date TBA) and leading up to First Holy Communion (May 9, 2021). In addition to watching the videos at home with students each week, parents and students will be required to attend a few in-person meetings with Fr. Yakkel, all of which will be held Sundays at 11:45 a.m. in St. Rose Church. More information on all of this will be covered at the meeting on January 10th.