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2020 Christmas Liturgy plans, executive order update, and reminder to wear masks through liturgies

I invite you to take some time this to pray and reflect and ask Jesus, through the intercession of his mother, what he wishes to tell you, in preparation for Stewardship Sunday.

The pastor has delegated all parishioners and visitors the permission to expose and repose the Blessed Sacrament, if necessary.

Catholic Cemeteries is offering a new program now through October 2, in which they will inter the cremated remains that people may have at home or stored somewhere, for a nominal fee of $200 per urn.

The 5pm Mass will re-open to the public and Communion returns to its normal time during Mass (on a trial basis), both beginning Saturday, September 26. Plus, the Nativity Choir plans a return.

In April, One Nativity 2035 synthesized its work and identified three key areas of opportunity for increased growth and progress at Nativity of Our Lord: faith, leadership, and volunteers.

I am pleased to announce that we will return to limited public Mass here at Nativity of Our Lord beginning on Wednesday, June 3. Sign-ups open Monday at 9am.

As we begin to prepare for public Masses once again, we are looking to create a special team of adult volunteers to make this possible — the Mass Volunteer Team. We will also need one Lector for each Mass.

The priests and parish leadership of Nativity of Our Lord are currently in ongoing discussions on when and how to re-open our liturgies to public assembly as soon as is possible in a safe and healthy way.

An Easter message from our pastor, Fr. Patrick Hipwell

Watching a video stream of Mass is new to most of us. We've compiled some helpful instructions and advice, including a video from Fr. Nick, and info-graphic from the Archdiocese, a free liturgy guide from Magnificat, and more.

The priests of Nativity sent a pastoral letter to all households to assure them of their prayers and support, update them on the state of operations, and inform them on how to stay connected and make the most of this time.

We have assembled a group of staff who are formulating a plan to reach out to Nativity’s households. We want to assist you in meeting your holistic needs of body, mind, and soul, however necessary.

As a sign of unity, Archbishop Hebda asks that all of us — especially students — to pray the “Litany in Time of Need” each day at 11:00 AM for protection and help.

Our pastor, Fr. Patrick Hipwell, explains the difficult decision to suspend public Masses and Confessions and offers other updates on the parish's coronavirus response plan.

Adoration has been moved to the main church and will be restricted to 9am-10pm Sunday-Friday and 9am-4pm on Saturday. 

Following Archdiocesan directives, there will be no public Masses at Nativity after Wednesday, 3/18 for at least two weeks. We have also suspended Confessions.

In the interest of the safety of our penitents and priests alike, we have suspended Confessions, effective immediately.

The 8:15am daily Mass will be celebrated downstairs to Steiner Hall to accommodate the construction work in the main church sanctuary.

Due to increased concerns about the spread of the Coronavirus, we will be indefinitely suspending the sign of peace at all Masses.