If you or a loved one are hospitalized and would like Father Jim to visit you, please call the parish office or ask the hospital chaplain to contact the parish. Because of privacy laws, hospitals do not publish lists of those who have been admitted to the hospital.

If Parishioners are unable to attend Mass call the parish to arrange homebound Communion.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT OLM
(see Bulletin for further info)

Remember to bring food donations first weekend each month to all the Masses. Staples, canned hams, chicken, packaged meals and children’s snacks are always good. Please be generous

First Sacraments Preparation

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Advancing Missionary Discipleship

Remember to use February and March to build up your Parish’s AMD reserve (former DMF) so we have extra funds

available to pay the 15% Tax starting in April and beyond. How much we receive in February and March will determine

how we budget for each Parish for the upcoming Fiscal Year (July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.)

Thank You to everyone for your continued generosity in Parish support.

We receive the bulk of support by mail and it is deeply appreciated.

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NOTICE TO ALL PARISHIONERS

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June 7, 2021

Welcome back!!

Parishioners of Our Lady of the Meadows:

We have finally come full circle (almost) with the pandemic situation. After we checked with the Pueblo Health Department and received specific permissions from the Diocese, we are ready to open up freer of pandemic restrictions. Starting this

weekend, we will begin to do our Sunday Liturgies pretty much the same as pre-pandemic:

● All entrance doors to the church are now available.

● Holy Water will be in the Baptism Font for Blessing.

● Gather Books and Prayer Cards are back in the pews. Join in hymns.

● Masks are optional for the fully vaccinated. Masks should be worn by the unvaccinated (Health Department).

● Seating will be as normal. People wishing to be spaced will be accommodated (tell the Hospitality Minister).

● We will not pass the Offertory Baskets. Please continue to contribute using the baskets at the entrances when you enter the Church.

● Peace Greeting will be invited. Physical touch with family. Nod and speak Peace to non-family. Same for the Our Father

-- you may join hands with family.

● Communion will continue with only the Host being distributed. We will need specific permission from the Bishop before return to the Chalice. Communion Ministers will continue to sanitize their hands and wear masks. Communion will be distributed in four lines if size of the congregation and availability of Eucharistic Ministers allows. If the congregation is smaller, we will do only two lines down the center aisle. Keep some distance between yourself or your group and others

lowering your mask prior to receiving Communion. Please receive by open hand only.

We’ll see how it goes this weekend. Now that we can accommodate more people, I hope to see a return to pre-pandemic numbers in attendance.

Welcome back!

Father Jim

Click here for information on the report of clergy abuse over the past 70 years and the Diocese's recommitment to survivors and prevention.

... May Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus hear our prayers and lead us to victory over Satan, the Adversary, the Enemy of Christ and humankind. May we more deeply journey through the Heart of Jesus in the year ahead, to proclaim the Gospel in our diocese, always mindful of the most precious gift with which we have been entrusted: the safety, future and faith of our children."

Most Reverend Stephen J. Berg, D.D.
Bishop of Pueblo