Our Lady of Fatima

Catholic Church

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time August 23, 2020

Pastor— Rev. I. Thomas George Retired Deacon—Rev. Mr. Edward McCarthy

1401 CY Avenue, Casper, WY 82604

e-mail: church@fatimaincasper.org web-site: www.fatimaincasper.org

Church Office 265-5586

Religious Education Office 473-2076 St. Anthony Tri-Parish Catholic School 234-2873

Mass Intentions Sat. 8-22 4:00 PM +Amelia Cisneros Sun. 8-23 8:30 AM The Parish 10:30 AM +Greg Wilkinson Mon. 8-24 9:00 AM +Luciano Giraldo Tues. 8-25 9:00 AM +Bill Ala Wed. 8-26 9:00 AM Bryan H. Family Thurs. 8-27 9:00 AM Paul Pedry Sat. 8-29 4:00 PM John May Sun. 8-30 8:30 AM The Parish 10:30 AM +Gabriel Tocco

Easing of face covering requirements

Please be aware this could be reversed if we have a spike in our area.

While the use of face covering at all times is strongly recommended, and encouraged, the following exception may be permitted. We have to maintain physical distancing of 6 feet or more between households. Face coverings may be removed from the start of the First Reading through the end of the homily.

Saturday Mass of Anticipation: 4:00 PM Sunday Masses: 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM

Daily Mass Monday thru Thursday: 9 AM First Friday & First Saturday Masses: 9 AM Holy Days of Obligation: 9 AM and 5:30 PM

Contributions (since 8-16-20 bulletin) $6,420.83

Feast of the Assumption — $568.00

Thank you for your support in this critical time.

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays 2:45 to 3:45 PM In the Parish Center Park in front of the Parish Center (pictured ) and wait in your vehicle. Fr. Thomas will motion you to enter (wait because there may be someone before you). Wearing a mask is mandatory.

For Reconciliation during the week, the Sacrament is available by appointment by calling the office, 265-5586. Wearing a mask is mandatory.

There is a display in the foyer of the church promoting the cause for can-onization of the Knights of Columbus founder, Fr. Michael J. McGivney. A guild has been established, the Fr. McGivney Guild, whose goal is to spread the good word about his holi-ness of life, to encourage devotion to his memory, and to seek his interces-sion before God. Please pick up a pamphlet, write a note requesting his intercession for your needs, and leave it at the cross pictured. The cross will remain in our parish till September 1.

Mary Riis is the new historian for Our Lady of Fatima Parish. If you have an item or article which you think might be pertinent for the his-tory scrapbooks for the parish, please give her a call at 307-265-1459. Thank you, Mary, for taking on this position!

TRUE CARE JOB OPENING True Care has an immediate opening for a receptionist. The job de-scription and application is available at True Care (or in the Our Lady of Fatima Office). The qualifications say you must have 2 years’ expe-rience as a volunteer or employee in ministry, but True Care is flexible on that. Right now, things are a little different due to COVID-19.

The position is 32 to 40 hours/month and the pay is $15.00 per hour. Right now the receptionists are working 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off due to COVID. The 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off is so that if one of them were to contract the virus or have to self-isolate, they would have an-other receptionist who has not been exposed. The receptionist sched-ule will remain this way for the foreseeable future. Here are the days and hours True Care needs the receptionist to work: Tuesday: 1:30 to 8:00 pm Wednesday 12:30 pm to 7:00 pm Friday: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

True Care’s phone #: 307-473-2275

ST. ANTHONY TRI-PARISH CATHOLIC SCHOOL

1145 W. 20th St Casper, WY 82604

307-234-2873 The students, parents, donors, Board, and staff of St. Anthony Tri Parish School are grateful to our Lord for the many blessings our Catholic commu-nity has shared recently and over many years for

the children of St. Anthony’s School. Such as churches are finding a different way, the school is operating in a different fashion than it has in the past. God Almighty has put St. Anthony’s School in a position to continue to provide an online Catholic education for these dear families. At this time, we are looking to the future and continuing to educate the students of SAS. Current families may download registration forms on our website at sascasper.com and all registration fees have been waived. Interested families may access application forms online as well. We will waive application and registration fees for new families and conduct interviews via the phone or through a Zoom

meeting. Now more than ever our Catholic families need a Catholic education for their child. With strong academic standards and a strong faith base, we are preparing our students to be leaders for tomorrow.

Please call the parish office, 265-5586, to remove names from our BULLETIN PRAYER LIST of individuals who are now well. Thank you to those who keep us updated on their loved ones’ progress.

BULLETIN PRAYER LIST Monique Chavez, Erica Avery, Sharon Horton, Edith & Marlyn Arciga, Bill Jacobs, Margaret Seeley, Linda Westbrook, Chad Westbrook, Ron Allen, Kyle Chris-tensen, Karen Amen, Pat McCarthy, Atlas Murphy, Tom Leman, Nina Ewart, Jim Price, Jordan Valentine, Teka Perry, Mike Brelsford, Kathleen Dougherty, Ha-zel Carrell, Pauline Zimmerman, Audrey Benson, Bryan Jones, Fr. Bob Fox, Virginia Brunelli, Ollie Horton, James Feiler, Tami Santisteven, Phyllis Lewallen, Katherine Williams, Natalie Follensbee, Robert Meyer, Dwight Craig, Randy Craig, Patricia Powers, and for the repose of the soul and comfort of the family of

Kathy Brown

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament after the Wednesday 9 AM Mass

Guidelines remain in place: wear a mask, observe social distancing

The Sunday TV Mass may be viewed on K2TV at 9 AM on Sunday mornings. Fr. Thomas is the celebrant for these recorded Masses for the remainder of August.

Daily Masses may be viewed on EWTN at 8 AM daily Eastern Time, with encores at noon ET, 7 PM ET, and midnight Eastern Time.

In addition to these Masses, some parishes in the diocese may still have their Sunday Masses available on their websites or Facebook.

PRAYER CHAIN Please call Mary Garcia at 234-0494, Margie Valdez at 265-4253, or

Marlene Axlund, 265-8186 to add someone to the Prayer Chain.

LIVING & GIVING: UNITY THROUGH DIOCESAN MINISTRIES — 2020

Thank you to all who made a pledge to the Living and Giving in Christ: Unity in Diocesan Ministries 2020 appeal! Your gifts play an important role in strengthening ministries that protect the dignity of all human persons, heal those who are wounded, and work toward justice. If you didn’t receive an envelope in the mail, there are extras in the back of the church. You may also donate online at: www.livingandgivinginchrist.org

Our Lady of Fatima Parish Goal — 2020 $82,120.00

Amount pledged as of August 11, 2020 $56,345.00

Our Lady of Fatima Parish is in need of a part-time helper bookkeeper in the parish office. Potential candidates will perform duties that will include but are not limited to: accounts payable, monthly payroll processing, accounts receivable (weekly deposits, month-end reporting, bank rec-onciliation, and other general accounting tasks.) Successful completion of diocesan Background Checks and Safe Environ-ment Training is required. If you are interested in this oppor-tunity to serve the parish, please provide your resume’, and contact Fr. Thomas George at 307-265-5586.

The Diocese of Cheyenne website has a variety of infor-mation on the Church’s position during the Covid-19 pan-demic, and information about the pandemic from the CDC. This is continually updated, and may be accessed on the di-ocesan website, www.dioceseofcheyenne.org or by going to http://dioceseofcheyenne.org/covid19/ . It may also be viewed on our parish website under “Diocese of Cheyenne”.

Our Lady of Fatima Mission Statement

We the faith community of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother, commit to celebrating the sac-raments, following the teaching of Jesus Christ, and living the Gos-pel. Strengthened by God’s grace, we will seek to serve the needs of others and evangelize our community and the world.

To visit the church office, please remain in your car in the park-ing lot, and call the office 265-5586. You must wear a mask and maintain social distancing while in the office. Office hours are 9:30 AM-5 PM Monday through Thursday.

MASS ATTENDANCE GUIDELINES

Masks are mandatory and social distancing remains necessary. Mass capacity is dependent on social distancing.

Mass guidelines remain in place for those who attend either a daily or a weekend Mass:

• Wear a mask, making sure both your nose and mouth are covered, and wear it until you exit the church after Mass

• Enter & Exit only through the north door (CY Ave side of church)

• Wait to be seated by an usher

• Maintain 6 feet social distance from non-household attendees

• Maintain 6 feet distance when going up for Communion

• Please leave the church immediately after Mass (maintaining 6 feet) so we can sanitize for the next Mass. Please don’t congregate as you leave the church.

R.C.I.A. Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

Do you know someone who is interest-ed in joining the Catholic Church or learning more about our faith? That person may be waiting for an invita-tion. Suggest that they call R.C.I.A. Director Randy Hall at 307-258-8195, or Fr. Thomas at 265-5586 for questions, or to sign up for R.C.I.A.