REOPENING SAINT RAPHAEL
My thanks to all the parishioners who have stepped forward and offered to help re-open St. Raphael. We will begin with opening the church for confessions this week. Please be aware that only ten (10) people can be in the church at a time, you must sanitize your hands when entering the building and we must maintain social distance (6 feet apart). We are using the sacristy at the west end of the church for confession. We are also asking that people who come for confession remain standing while they speak with the priest through the screen. Please take time for personal prayer and complete any prayers given as a penance outside the church building. This will help us maintain a safe environment for everyone.
Updated information about when the church will be open for services and how you can register for services will be available on our parish website (www.straphaelcatholic.org) and our Facebook page.

WHEN WILL WE BEGIN HAVING MASS?
We will continue offering Mass on our website and Facebook page for the immediate future. Having Mass in church open to the public will require people to register in advance because we can only have ten people in church for any given liturgy. The mechanics of doing this will be announced on our website and Facebook page. Those who make a "reservation" will have assigned seating in the church. The earliest I think we can have Mass is June 6 or 7. I wish I could offer more exact information as I write the bulletin, but we need more volunteers to sign up to help us and be trained. If you are in good health and under the age of 65, please contact the office: rectory@straphaelcatholic.org. Steve Laky and Ric Allen are the co-chairs for our reopening team and they will help train new volunteers.

NEW PASTOR FOR SAINT RAPHAEL
Cardinal Cupich will be appointing a new pastor for St. Raphael this week. I hope that we can share the priest's name and a brief biography with everyone as soon as possible. The new pastor should begin serving here on July 1. Please keep our entire parish in your prayers this week.

ORDINATION AS BISHOP
On Wednesday, July 22, Cardinal Cupich will ordain me and then install me as the ninth Bishop of Belleville. While the Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville is large, due to the coronavirus, we will only be having a small group of people present in person for the ordination. While I regret that very few people will be there in person, I appreciate the folks who have assured me that they will be united in prayer that day. We are working on making the ordination liturgy available on a live stream beginning at 2:00pm CST on the diocesan website: www.diobelle.org. Also, there is a good chance that EWTN will broadcast the liturgy on their network. More details will be available in the coming weeks and will be shared on our par­ish website: www.straphaelcatholic.org.


In our Lord,
Father Mike McGovern
mmcgovern@archchicago.org

Diaper Drive

Due to the Coronavirus, the need for diapers in Lake County is greater than ever. Altar & Rosary is kick-starting the drive with a donation of $500. Please join us in helping others by writing a check made out to “Catholic Charities” with “Diaper Drive” in the memo line. Send your check by May 31 to the Rectory at 40000 North US Hwy 45, Old Mill Creek IL 60046. Thank you for your support. Sponsored by Altar & Rosary Sodality Women’s Group.




 

Father’s Day Spiritual Bouquet Masses

If you would like Father Mike to pray for your fathers on Father’s Day and also have them listed in the bulletin, please email or US mail a list of your fathers by June 3

Please indicate if the father is deceased or living. If you write by US mail, please print and give us your name and a contact number.
Thank you.

PLEASE SUPPORT ST. RAPHAEL

Recognizing that many people are having financial issues related to the coronavirus, I hesitate to even mention this, but I am most appreciative of your continued support for St. Raphael. A number of parishioners have used the US mail to send in their donations. Others are now using the egiving option available on our website: 

https://www.straphaelcatholic.org/give

Dear Friends,

One of Christ's greatest gifts is his merciful for­giveness of our sins. It is a gift that we need to re­ceive many times in our lives. Thoughtful prepara­tion for the Sacrament of Penance helps us name our sins and receive the Lord's pardon well. Please use this book as a means of bringing to mind your sins and to prepare your heart for the mercy Christ generously gives.

The Ten Commandments 
I Preparing for the Sacrament of Penance 
II. Examination of Conscience
III . Celebrating the Sacrament of Penance 
Act of Contrition 



 

• JOYFUL MYSTERIES TO BE PRAYED ON MONDAYS & SATURDAYS
• LUMINOUS   MYSTERIES TO BE PRAYED ON THURSDAYS 
• SORROWFUL MYSTERIES TO BE PRAYED ON TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS
• GLORIOUS   MYSTERIES TO BE PRAYED ON WEDNESDAYS & SUNDAYS