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Dear Parish Family,
It is with deep sorrow we share the news that Father Michael Kottar has been diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease and has had to leave St. Mary Parish and Christ the King Mission to return to family in Pickerington, Ohio, where he can get the care he needs.
Father Kottar’s illness, Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease, is extremely rare and aggressive, and is caused by a protein abnormality that destroys the brain’s nerve cells. There is no effective treatment or cure.
Please be assured that Father Kottar is being well cared for, and his family is grateful for his parish family and everyone who has supported his priestly ministry at St. Mary, Help of Christians Parish over the past 14 years. Father Fidel Melo will serve as parish administrator beginning May 8 until we can appoint a permanent pastor. Fr. Melo has served across the diocese for 25 years, most recently as Vicar for Hispanic Ministry, and was with you during the Sacred Triduum and Divine Mercy Sunday.
Father Kottar has previously said he saw bringing Christ to the world as one of the most important roles of a priest, and he became a priest in order to share the love of Christ with everyone. Now it is important for us to carry on doing the same, “that in all things God may be glorified.”
Let us pray for Father Kottar and his family, that Christ give them His comfort and peace at this difficult time. Please say a Rosary for Father Kottar and his family, or consider a Novena Prayer to St. Joseph.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Bishop Peter J. Jugis
To share your thoughts with Father Kottar and his family, please email stmaryshelby@charlottediocese.org or send mail to Violet Springs Health Campus, 603 Diley Road, Pickerington, OH, 43147. Attn: Father Michael Kottar
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COVID-19 Updates
- The Chapel is open weekdays; or use door code 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
- Sign-ups are required for Sunday Mass at St. Mary, but not for weekday Mass, or Mass at Christ the King. Sign-ups will be available and sent via Flocknote on Fridays.
- Masks are required even with physical distancing.
- Please consider using online giving for your weekly tithe to St. Mary or Christ the King. You can use credit or debit cards, or your bank account. Text giving is now available at both churches. Learn more HERE.
Prayer for protection from the Coronavirus: Merciful Father, through the intercession of Blessed Mary, St. Roch, St. Rosalie, and St. Corona, deliver us from the current attack and subsequent suffering we are enduring from the coronavirus. May we seek to assist those in need in body or spirit and ourselves turn away from sin and trust in You. We ask this in the name of the Divine Physician, Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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ScheduleCONFESSIONS (at St. Mary except as noted)Saturdays 4:15-4:45 PM (at Christ the King)
Sundays 8:15-8:45 AM
SUNDAY OBLIGATION HOLY MASSES
USE THE SIGNUP LINK ABOVE FOR MASS AT ST. MARYSaturday 5:00 PM Mass of Anticipation (at Christ the King)Sunday 9:00 AM English, 12:00 PM Spanish (at St. Mary)
Schedule changes announced on Facebook and Flocknote.
Act of Spiritual Communion: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
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Today's Readings
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Reading I Acts 15:7-21Responsorial Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 10Gospel Jn 15:9-11
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