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Community Food & Hygiene Drive: As we remain focused on and committed to our local community, we are also coming together to support the impacted neighborhoods of South Minneapolis, North Minneapolis, and the Midtown/Lake Street area.  In partnership with 23 community organizations, we will be participating in a monthly community food & hygiene drive. Items will be distributed to Calvary Lutheran Church in South Minneapolis, Gethsemane Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis, YWCA in the Midtown/Lake Street area, and ICA Food Shelf.

Donation Drop-Off Site
ICA Food Shelf | 11588 K-Tel Drive | Minnetonka, MN 55343

Tuesdays from 12:00 - 2:00 pm
July 21; August 18; September 22; October 20; November 24

Saturdays 10:00 - 12:00 pm
July 25; August 22; September 26; October 24; November 28

Most Needed Items
Each month we will be collecting the following items:

·         Cooking oil

·         Maseca (Masa corn flour)

·         Baby formula

·         Pasta/cereal

·         Ready-to-eat soup

·         Laundry detergent

·         Diapers and wipes

·         Paper towels

·         Toilet paper

We’ll also keep our website updated with any additional needs requested by the greater community. View the list here: icafoodshelf.org/current-needs

Monetary Donations:
We will not be accepting monetary donations for this drive. If you would like to make a cash/credit card donation to any of the Minneapolis organizations, please make all donations directly to them. Each organization has a “donate” button on their homepage:

Calvary Lutheran Church: http://www.clchurch.org/
Gethsemane Lutheran Church: http://www.glcmpls.org/
YMCA Midtown: https://www.ywcampls.org/locations/ywca-midtown/

Volunteers Needed
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e4aa8a62ca7fd0-community4

We need volunteers on each collection day as well volunteers to transport the items to our partner organizations. 

Note: We will be taking temperatures of all volunteers upon arrival. Volunteers must also wear masks during their shift. And, we will ensure that all logistics of the day include proper social-distancing.

Resources available for those affected by Riots and those wishing to offer assistance:
 
Catholic Community Foundation-CCF has established the “Neighbors in Need Fund” as a bucket within the MCRF. These grants are available to parishes and non-profits experiencing need due to the recent turmoil and unrest.
More at: https://www.ccf-mn.org/relief/
  
Hunger Solutions-Food shelves open throughout Minneapolis offering food to those in need
More at: https://www.hungersolutions.org
  
Other resources may be available from the curated MCN list here: https://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/docs/default-source/coronavirus/2020-grants-directory--special-edition.pdf
 
Additional Resources:
 
Minnesota Department of Health: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/index.html
 
MN Employment and Economic Development: https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/covid/
 
Small Business Guidance and Loan Resources: https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources
 
Churches Helping Churches: Parish Relief Fund for Churches in low-income areas: https://www.churchrelief.org/
 

Reopening Mass:
Welcome to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. We are excited to have you back! Here are a few procedures that will help keep you and those around you safe during Mass. Please be patient with each other as we learn these new procedures. Good humor, understanding, and patience will add to our joy as we welcome each other back.
 
Remember:
Please follow CDC recommendations regarding your own health. If you are at higher risk for severe illness according to the CDC we strongly encourage you to stay home and join us via live stream on Facebook at the 4:30pm Mass on Saturday, the 8:30am Mass on Sunday and the 9:15am Masses Monday through Friday or via the IHM website shortly after each Mass. We are encouraging you to stay home because we love and care for you!  If you are sick or symptomatic, taking care of someone who is ill, or living with a sick or symptomatic person you must stay home.  As a reminder, Archbishop Hebda has dispensed the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.  This is so that anyone who chooses not to attend Mass or is not able to attend Mass because of the novel coronavirus or for any reason may be serenely free.  We are continuing to consider other safer options for distribution of communion for those who are at greater risk or for other reasons will not be able to come to Mass.  Please pay attention to the website and e-mail blasts for further information. 
 
Before you arrive at Church:
We will celebrate public Masses at no more than twenty five percent of the capacity of our church. This means we can accommodate 50 households per Mass. One household includes only those people living under your roof.  If you have more than five people in your household, please sign up for two spaces.  Please sign up for a Mass on our “sign up genius” page which you can access through our website or by calling the parish office at (952) 935-1432.  Please, pay close attention to our website and email blasts as a Mass may be added if we fill up right away.
 
Please use the restroom before coming to Church. Our restrooms will be available only in case of emergency and will be cleaned before and after each Mass.  If you do need to use the restroom, please allow for only one household occupant at a time.  We will have signs by the doors to signify occupancy status.
 
Arrival at church:
Before you arrive for Mass, please wash your hands for 20 seconds with soap and water. Please remember to provide and wear a face covering. If you forget to bring a mask, we will have a limited supply available at the entrance of the Church.
 
Please park in the west parking lot and enter through the main entrance.  The east parking lot entrance will not be open. The Church doors will be open 20 minutes prior to the start of Mass to ensure time to sanitize and clean the church. This also allows us time to have the Ushers ready to serve you. Please remain in your vehicle until the Church doors have been unlocked and opened. As you approach Church please keep a six-foot distance from members of another household.
 
Please bring your own hand sanitizer to use during Mass. Ushers will spray sanitizer on your hands at the entrance of the Church.
 
In the Church, every third pew will be available for seating. Please note this important change: For now, each family will be seated by an usher who will be responsible for filling the Church beginning from the front and finishing in back. If proper social distancing can be maintained, you may be sharing a pew with another household. Ushers will be available to help.
 
If the seating in the Church becomes full for any reason, you may either return to your car and listen on your car radio at 98.3 FM, return for a later Mass, or watch live on Facebook. Our sign-up genius registration for Mass should help to eliminate this problem.  Ushers will be checking people in and asking those who have not registered to wait to see if a seat is available.
 
During Mass:
 
Please keep your face mask on for the duration of Mass. A collection will not be taken during the offertory, but a collection basket will be placed close to the entrance before and after Mass for your convenience.
 
We have been informed that singing expels significantly more droplets into the air and therefore increases the risk of spreading COVID-19. In response to this, the diocese has determined that it is best to temporarily suspend congregational singing; however, the cantor will still sing.
 
The cry room is an enclosed space that does not allow for social distancing and will be closed until further notice. Please continue to bring your families, our parishioners celebrate vocal children!
 
Especially during the pandemic, if you have not already, we strongly encourage you set up your donations through online giving. Online giving is dependable, safe, and of course much lower risk for possible transmission of COVID-19. Contact the parish office if you need help setting up your account for online giving.
 
There should be no physical contact between different households before, during, or after Mass. There will be no sign of peace, and we ask that you do not hold hands with members of different households during the Our Father. During the Communion Rite of the Mass, only Fr. John or a visiting priest will receive Communion. However, Holy Communion will be distributed immediately following the final blessing.
 
Reception of Holy Communion:
 
After the final blessing and dismissal please remain in your seat and kneel or be seated when Fr. John directs you. There will be two communion stations at the back of the Church near the baptismal font. Following the direction of the ushers, exit the pew heading toward the outer walls.  Approach the communion station, keeping 6 feet from members of different households.
 
Reception of Holy Communion will take place in this way:  Ushers will spray your hands with sanitizer before you approach the communion station.    Fr. John or the Eucharistic minister will hold up the host and say through their face mask, “The Body of Christ.” Please reply “Amen,” and then remove your face mask. Extend your hands at a distance with your hand flat and the other underneath it.  Please do not wear gloves as they are unbecoming of the Blessed Sacrament.  Receive communion.  After receiving, an usher will be near the exit of the Church to sanitize your hands again.  Then please depart immediately.
 
Gluten free hosts will be available at the Communion stations for those who need them. You will not need to put a gluten free host out before Mass. Just let Father or the Communion minister know that you need a gluten free host when you approach them to receive Communion.
 
If a minister has touched the hand of a communicant, they will re-sanitize their hands before distributing to the next communicant.
 
The Archdiocese has said that communion should be received on the hand during this time.  If that is not possible for you, please contact Fr. John before Mass.
 
Departure:
 
Please do not linger outside the Church or in the parking lots. We know everyone is excited to be back and see each other, but we need to continue our social distancing efforts as we slowly re-open.
 
Let us continue to pray for one another in preparation for the day when covid-19 is a far less threat and all of us can be reunited (physically) in prayer and worship.
 
We are greatly looking forward to seeing many of you again!

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children's activity corner

We will have the Blessed Sacrament in our Fireside Room.  It will be open for prayer every day of the week from 9:00am until 7:00pm.  There are 9 chairs set up in this room.  If the chairs are full, you will need to return to your car until one chair opens up.  At that time you are welcome to come back in.
 
We will continue strict guidelines for social distancing and sanitization while opening Fireside Room.  There will be hand sanitizer available as well as sanitizing wipes which we would ask that you use to wipe down your chair when you leave.  Face masks are required.  If you  are showing any symptoms of sickness, or anyone in your household is sick or showing symptoms of sickness, please do not come. 

Spiritual communion prayer

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.