Welcome
This Church is our heavenly Father's house, a place of solace and grace, so feel at home. Enter reverently, pray quietly, sing joyfully, listen attentively, give cheerfully, and come back gladly. We are a welcoming Catholic Community called by God to live out the message of Christ in love and service to all people. If you are new to our Community, WELCOME!
In accordance with the current Los Angeles County Public Health Officer Order for COVID-19, masking is no longer required indoors at St. Denis, but is strongly recommended.
St. Denis Catholic Community
2151 S. Diamond Bar Blvd.,
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
For our schedule for Masses, Confessions, Eucharistic Adoration, Holy Hours, and hours for the church and the chapel, please click here.
For current and past worship aids, please click here.
For the Prayer for our Golden Jubilee Year, please click here.
Pastoral Office is open
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
every day, except Tuesdays and holidays.
Phone: (909) 861-7106
Fax: (909) 861-2697
NOTICE: Because we are installing a new lighting system in the church, the church building will be closed on Monday, May 16 from 9:00 a.m. until about 5:00 p.m. Despite the daytime closure, both Masses on Monday, May 16 will be celebrated in the church.
Please do not park in the Staff Parking Lot, which is next to the Hall. The Staff Parking Lot is reserved for parking by the priests, deacons, and parish staff.
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Parish Census
May is “Census Month” at St. Denis. We are asking you to fill out a simple Census card with your contact information so that we can better communicate with everyone, including the many new people who have come to St. Denis since the pandemic started.
All adults are requested to fill out a census card, even if you think that we have your contact information. That’s because we don’t have complete and correct contact information for most parishioners.
Therefore, when you are in the church, please fill out one of the white census cards that are in the pews; and please return the completed card in one of the collection baskets or boxes.
Alternatively, you can fill out an online census form by clicking here.
Zooming at St. Denis
Gospel Reflection Group
Mondays at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom
Every Monday at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom, one of our deacons or priests leads parishioners to reflect on and pray with the Gospel for the upcoming Sunday.
The next meeting will be on Monday, May 16, when Deacon Al will lead parishioners to reflect on and pray with next Sunday’s Gospel (John 14:23-29), wherein Jesus promises that his Father will send them the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, in Jesus’s name.
To join this meeting, please click on the following Zoom link shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 16: https://zoom.us/j/96103613303?pwd=aVdsbSt3SUhhM2FHVmtBZW4rUHRsUT09. (The same link is used for every Monday night Zoom meeting.)
In addition, please print out (or open in a separate tab in your web browser or on a separate screen) this handout, which you will need for this meeting.
All are welcome.
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Scripture Reading and Sharing Group
Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom
Every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom, Fr. John leads our Scripture Reading and Sharing Group. During the Easter season, the Group is focusing on the Scripture passages that describe the 14 Stations of the Resurrection. On Tuesday, May 17, they will reflect on and pray with the Scripture passages for the ninth and tenth stations:
Ninth Station: The Risen Lord Eats with the Disciples on the Shore of Tiberias
Tenth Station: The Risen Lord Forgives Peter and Entrusts Him to Feed His Sheep
To join them, please click on the following Zoom link shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17: https://zoom.us/j/93717806023?pwd=QjkzNDFtRGcyc0E2U3dFQm1LVzl6Zz09. (The same link is used for every Tuesday night Zoom meeting.)
In addition, please print out (or open in a separate tab in your web browser or on a separate screen) this handout, which you will need for this meeting.
All are welcome to join the Scripture Reading and Sharing Group, including those who have never studied the Bible.
Christian Parenting Course
via Zoom
at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays
St. Denis is starting a new cycle of our Christian Parenting Course to help parents raise their children in this challenging, secularized world. The Christian Parenting Course is led by our deacon couple, Dennis and Christina Shin, and a team of parent-facilitators. Participants will meet via Zoom for eight weeks on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-9:00 p.m. from May 11 through June 29, with a final wrap-up meeting on Wednesday, July 13.
The Course is based on FamilyLife’s “Art of Parenting,” which teaches parents:
(1) how to deal with the real-world challenges of raising children today; and
(2) how to make faith the core of their parenting.
Each participant will receive a free workbook; and each meeting will include prayer, an entertaining video (20-30 minutes) on various parenting topics, short workbook exercises, and small-group discussions.
The topics will include: the goal of parenting; applying discipline, building relationships, understanding and nurturing identity, preparing for mission, and the power of family.
For an overview of St. Denis’s Christian Parenting Course, please watch this video:
Thanks be to God, 110 parents have signed up for the Course; and, therefore, we have no room for more sign-ups. However, if you would like to sign up for the next cycle of the Christian Parenting Course in the fall, or if you would like to be on the waiting list for the current cycle, please E-mail Deacon Dennis at parenting@stdenis.org.
For those who have already signed up for the Course, we have set up a special Zoom link for the Wednesday meetings; and this Zoom link has been E-mailed to you. If you can’t find the Zoom link, or if you are having difficulties with the link, please contact Deacon Dennis at parenting@stdenis.org or (909) 274-0065.
Vacation Bible School
Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24
from 3:30-6:15 pm in Potthoff Hall
Vacation Bible School is for children from preschool (age 3) through grade 5 (including those who just completed grade 5). They will meet from Monday, June 20 through Friday, June 24 from 3:30-6:15 p.m. in the Hall. The archeological theme is called “Destination Dig.”
The children will dig up exciting evidence from Israel to prove that the biblical events really happened, and are not just stories. As junior archaeologists, they will explore real-life archaeological finds that have helped to uncover the truth about Jesus. Along the way, they will discover the truth of Jeremiah 29:13, that God reveals Himself to us when we seek and search for Him with all our hearts. For more information about this theme, please watch this video:
Vacation Bible School is a great summer activity for children. The cost for each family is only $50 for one child, $75 for two children, and $15 for each additional child.
To register, please fill out this online registration form.
For more information, please contact Celia Flores, Director of Religious Education, at CFlores@StDenis.org or (909) 861-7106 ext. 242.
Celebrating Jesus’s Resurrection
throughout the Easter Season
The Easter Season lasts 50 days—from Easter Sunday (April 17) through Pentecost Sunday (June 5). During these 50 days, the Church invites us to meditate on, pray about, and enter into the mystery of Jesus’s Resurrection.
To help us to pray with—and enter into the mystery of—the Resurrection, we will focus on the Stations of the Resurrection throughout the Easter Season. The Stations of the Resurrection are similar to the Stations of the Cross, but they focus on Jesus’s Resurrection appearances as well as his Ascension into heaven and his sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. These are the 14 Stations of the Resurrection:
1. Jesus Rises from the Dead
2. The Disciples Discover the Empty Tomb
3. The Risen Lord Appears to Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles
4. The Risen Lord Appears to Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus
5. The Risen Lord is Recognized in the Breaking of the Bread
6. The Risen Lord Appears to the Community of Disciples
7. The Risen Lord Breathes Peace and Gives the Power to Forgive
8. The Risen Lord Strengthens the Faith of Thomas
9. The Risen Lord Eats with the Disciples on the Shore of Tiberias
10. The Risen Lord Forgives Peter and Entrusts Him to Feed His Sheep
11. The Risen Lord Sends the Disciples into the World
12. The Risen Lord Ascends into Heaven
13. Mary and the Disciples Keep Vigil in the Upper Room for the Spirit’s Advent
14. The Risen Lord Sends the Holy Spirit
For more information about the Stations of the Resurrection, please see this Catholic New Agency article and this Wikipedia article.
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Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom during the Easter Season
(April 19 through May 31)
7:30 p.m. Lectio divina on the Stations of the Resurrection (via Zoom)
Led by one of our priests or deacons, parishioners will read, meditate on,
and pray with the Bible passages that describe the Stations of the
Resurrection.
To join these Tuesday meetings, please click on the following Zoom link
shortly before 7:30 p.m.:
https://zoom.us/j/93717806023?pwd=QjkzNDFtRGcyc0E2U3dFQm1LVzl6Zz09.
(The same link is used for every Tuesday night Zoom meeting.)
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Fridays during the Easter Season
(April 22 through June 3)
6:30 p.m. Mass (note the new time; also livestreamed)
7:15 p.m. Stations of the Resurrection (also livestreamed)
8:00 p.m. Holy Hour (also livestreamed)
The worship aid for the Stations of the Resurrection is here.
Sunday Mass at 1:00 p.m.
for Families with Children
Sunday, May 15 and every other Sunday thereafter
At 1:00 p.m. on May 15 and every other Sunday thereafter, St. Denis has a regular Sunday Mass specifically for families with children in grade 8 and younger. These Masses also are livestreamed.
At these “Sunday Masses for Families with Children,” children actively participate in various ways, including:
● singing in a children’s choir;
● proclaiming the Word of God;
● helping the ushers take up the collection;
● serving as altar servers;
● bringing the gifts up to the altar; and
● gathering around the altar for the Eucharistic Prayer.
For the homily, the priest or deacon sits in a rocking chair on a rug at the bottom of the steps leading to the altar; and the children gather around him on the rug. Then, the priest or deacon speaks conversationally with the children about the readings, rather than preaching to the adults.
Future Family Masses will be at 1:00 p.m. on the following Sundays: May 29 (the Ascension of the Lord), June 12 (Most Holy Trinity), June 26, etc.
All are welcome—and bring your children and grandchildren who are in grade 8 or younger!
GriefShare
Help for those who are mourning
the death of a loved one
If you’ve lost a spouse, a child, a family member, or a friend, you probably have found that there are not many people who understand the deep hurt that you feel. This can be a confusing time, when you feel isolated and have many questions about things that you have never faced before.
St. Denis’s GriefShare support group meets weekly to help participants face these challenges and move toward rebuilding their lives. The group meets every Sunday (except for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day) from 1:00-3:00 p.m. in Room A in the Hall for 13 weeks with a different topic for each session, as set forth below.
Dates:
| May 15, 2022 | Session Three: “The Journey of Grief (Part One)” |
| May 22, 2022 | Session Four: “The Journey of Grief (Part Two)” |
| May 29, 2022 | Session Five: “Grief and Your Relationships” |
| June 5, 2022 | Session Six: “Why?” |
| June 12, 2022 | Session Seven: “Guilt and Anger” |
| June 19, 2022 | (Father's Day - no meeting) |
| June 26, 2022 | Session Eight: “Complicating Factors” |
| July 3, 2022 | Session Nine: “Stuck” |
| July 10, 2022 | Session Ten: “Lessons of Grief (Part One)” |
| July 17, 2022 | Session Eleven: “Lessons of Grief (Part Two)” |
| July 24, 2022 | Session Twelve: “Heaven” |
| July 31, 2022 | Session Thirteen: “What Do I Live For Now?” |
Each GriefShare session has three distinct parts:
(1) watching a video seminar featuring top experts on grief and recovery;
(2) discussing with the group what was presented in the video and what is going on in their lives; and
(3) discussing questions and comments from a workbook, which participants will use during the week for further study of the grieving process and for journaling about their emotions.
You don’t have to register or sign up in advance. Just show up for the sessions.
For more information, please contact Mike Shay at (714) 563-6510, or watch the following video:
Together in Mission
In 2021, Together in Mission raised $13.8 million, which was distributed to 64 poor parishes and 75 poor Catholic schools throughout the Los Angeles Archdiocese. The poor parishes and schools used the money for educational programs, emergency projects, operational support, service to the poor, and outreach programs.
Last year, St. Denis parishioners contributed $129,494 to Together in Mission; and, thus, we exceeded our parish goal of $114,875. Thank you so much for your generosity and for helping us to reach and exceed our goal.
This month, Archbishop José Gomez invites every Catholic to make a new commitment to Together in Mission for 2022. This year’s cumulative Together in Mission goal for the archdiocese is $14.4 million; and our parish goal is $104,288, which is lower than last year’s goal because of the impact of COVID-19 on the parish.
This year’s theme is “As One We Believe.” As L.A. Catholics, we believe as one holy, Catholic family in hope. We pray together, sing together, volunteer together, and believe together. Your support of Together in Mission gives our struggling parishes and schools much-needed hope.
Please note that you do not have to donate any money now. Instead, we are asking every household and family to make a new pledge this year to Together in Mission. You can then take the rest of the year to fulfill your pledge.
You may make a pledge in any of the following ways:
(1) with the information that was mailed to your home;
(2) with the pledge envelopes that will be available in the pews and in the vestibule of the church;
(3) visiting TogetherInMission.org/give;
(4) calling 213-637-7672 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.);
(5) texting Believe to 213-397-0682.
However you make your pledge, please be sure to identify St. Denis Parish as your parish so that St. Denis will be credited with your pledge and donation.
Thank you for supporting Together in Mission.
Young Adult Ministry (YAM)
First and Third Sundays of the Month
Sunday Mass at 5:30 p.m.
On the first and third Sundays of the month, YAM members will:
● attend the 5:30 p.m. Mass, which has contemporary music that is led by the Young Adult Choir;
● sit together in pew section G (i.e., the pew section that is the second-closest section to the chapel and is the same pew section where the lectors sit);
● meet after the Mass to decide whether to go out after the Mass and where to go.
The first and third Sundays for the next few months are as follows:
February 6 and 20,
March 6 and 20,
April 3 and 17,
May 1 and 15,
June 5 and 19.
Third Friday of the Month
Holy Hour at 7:45 p.m.
On the third Friday of every month, YAM meets in the church at 7:45 p.m. and participates in the Holy Hour, which usually is led by Deacon Dennis. Afterward, YAM members hang out and sometimes go out for food and refreshments.
For the next few months, the third Friday of the month is as follows:
February 18,
March 18,
April 15 (no holy hour because of Good Friday)
May 20,
June 17.
For more information, follow YAM’s Instagram account; E-mail YAM at StDenisYAM2151@gmail.com; or contact the Pastoral Office at (909) 861-7106.
Masses:
Monday through Thursday: 8:00 a.m. (also livestreamed)
6:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. (also livestreamed)
7:00 p.m. followed by a Holy Hour (also livestreamed)
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. (also livestreamed)
5:30 p.m. (Sunday vigil with cantor, organ/piano)
Sunday: 7:00 a.m. (no music)
9:00 a.m. (cantor, organ/piano)
11:00 a.m. (adult choir, cantor, organ/piano; also livestreamed)
1:00 p.m. (cantor, piano)
5:30 p.m. (contemporary music with youth & young adult choir, cantors, piano; also livestreamed)
Sunday Mass Worship Aid with Readings (5/15/22)
Our livestreamed Masses and Holy Hours are livestreamed simultaneously to our YouTube channel and our Facebook page.
"Permission to podcast/stream the music in these services is obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A730717. All rights reserved.”
For all Masses, Holy Hours, and other liturgies, seating is available in our courtyard, with the sound being projected outside via outdoor speakers.
Obligation to attend Masses on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
With the reopening of California in the wake of the pandemic, Archbishop José Gomez has reinstituted the obligation for Catholics to attend Mass in person on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.
However, those who have serious and legitimate reasons (e.g., illness; underlying health conditions that render them susceptible to illness; significant fears of becoming ill; etc.) are dispensed from this obligation (and, thus, are not obliged to attend Mass in person).
Please note that watching a livestreamed Mass does not fulfill the obligation to attend Mass in person. However, if you are unable to attend Mass in person, we encourage you to participate in our livestreamed Masses. We livestream one or two Masses every day simultaneously to our YouTube channel and Facebook page.
COVID-19 Reminders
Confessions
Monday through Saturday: After the 8:00 a.m. Mass in the courtyard
Friday: 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the church*
Saturday: 3:00-4:30 p.m. in the church*
*Fr. Dennis will be in the back pew of the church; Fr. John will be in his confessional booth.
You also may schedule Confession with a priest at another time by calling the Pastoral Office (909-861-7106).
The website of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sets forth seven different ways for us to examine our conscience based on our circumstances, including examining our conscience based on the Ten Commandments, and six other ways. Please click here for the links.
If you cannot go to a priest for Confession during this pandemic, Pope Francis encourages you to confess your sins directly to God and make an “Act of Perfect Contrition”:
“If you don’t find a priest to go to confession, speak to God. He’s your Father. Tell Him the truth. ‘Lord. I did this and this and this. Pardon me.’ Ask His forgiveness with all your heart, with an act of contrition, and promise Him, ‘Afterward I will go to confession.’ You will return to God's grace immediately.” (This quotation is by Pope Francis and is from this article.)
Here is another article with more information about how to make an “act of perfect contrition.”
Church and chapel hours
(except holidays)
Sunday: 6:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: 7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Holy Hour and Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration in the church
(with seating inside the church and in the courtyard)
Friday: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Eucharistic Exposition and Adoration
7:45-8:45 p.m. Holy Hour (Holy Hour Worship Aid (5/13/22))
Links for Livestreamed Liturgies
The livestreamed videos below are from our St. Denis YouTube Channel. If you would like to watch more videos on our YouTube Channel, please click here.
If you would like to watch our videos on Facebook, please click here.
Upcoming Mass(es):
Mass, Monday at 8:00 AM (5/16/22)
Recent Daily Mass:
Mass, Saturday at 8:00 AM (5/14/22)
Mass, Stations of the Resurrection, and Holy Hour, Friday at 6:30 PM (5/13/22)
Stations of the Resurrection Worship Aid
Holy Hour Worship Aid
Recent Sunday Masses:
Mass, Sunday at 11:00 AM (5/15/22)
Worship Aid
Mass, Sunday at 1:00 PM (5/15/22)
Worship Aid
Mass, Sunday at 5:30 PM (5/15/22)
Worship Aid
Videos of all of our liturgies that were livestreamed or recorded are available on St. Denis’s YouTube channel.
Golden Jubilee Year
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the
Founding of St. Denis Parish in Diamond Bar, California
Our Golden Jubilee Year will begin on Saturday, October 9, 2021 (the Feast of St. Denis) with a livestreamed Opening Mass (celebrated by Bishop David O’Connell) at 5:30 p.m. Then, we will celebrate in our courtyard from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with food and drinks, music and entertainment, dancing, fellowship, a 50-50 drawing, and more. The Jubilee Year will continue through Sunday, October 9, 2022, when we will celebrate a Closing Mass.
The theme of the Jubilee Year is “Together with Christ,” because, as Jesus said in John 15:4-5, without him we can do nothing.
The Committee for our 50th Anniversary Jubilee Year is planning many different events and ways (both large and small) to celebrate this Jubilee Year. Please go to our website (StDenis.org) and read the bulletin regularly for further details. And if you have good ideas about how we can celebrate the Jubilee Year, please contact Committee Chair Tom Bertnsen at Thomasboy1@yahoo.com.
Prayer for the Golden Jubilee Year
Heavenly Father, we thank You for the gift of St. Denis Parish—
for all of the priests, deacons, lay ministers, leaders, and staff who have served the parish,
and for the thousands of parishioners who have generously supported St. Denis
with their time, talent, and treasure over the past 50 years.
Graciously bless them all.
Help us to build on their legacy,
and to be good and faithful stewards of what You have entrusted to us.
Because we can do nothing without Your Son,
help us to know and love Him more each day,
and to be united with Him—and with each other—in all things,
so that:
● Strengthened by Christ, we will persevere through the COVID-19 pandemic and every hardship.
● Guided by Christ, we will proclaim the Gospel by our words and actions to every creature, including family, friends, and strangers.
● Together with Christ, we will serve the poor and needy, and those on the margins of society.
Through the intercession of St. Denis, our patron saint,
and the Blessed Virgin Mary,
our mother and the mother of the Church,
please bless and renew us; and
bless and renew our beautiful parish.
We ask all of this through Jesus Christ, our Lord, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Jubilee Year for the 250th Anniversary
of the founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was founded in 1771 by the great Franciscan missionary Fr. Junípero Serra. This mission is the first church in what is now the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. And as Pope Francis has noted, St. Junípero Serra “was one of the founding fathers of the United States.” Thus, this Jubilee Year recognizes not only the Church’s beginnings in Los Angeles, but also the Christian beginnings of America and the influence of Christian values in the formation of our national identity.
The Jubilee Year began on September 11, 2021 with an Opening Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles; and it will continue through September 10, 2022, when a Closing Mass will be celebrated at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
The theme of the Jubilee Year is “Forward in Mission.” For more information about the Jubilee Year and upcoming events, please go to this website: ForwardInMission.com.
A New Approach to Faith Formation at St. Denis
Teaching children, teens, and adults how to have
a close, personal relationship with Jesus
(Please click here for Fr. John's open letter to the parish.)
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Pope Francis: COVID-19 vaccination is an "act of love"
This video by Pope Francis (and various cardinals and bishops) is in Spanish with English subtitles.
No Religious Exemption for the COVID-19 Vaccine
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles, in accordance with the Vatican and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), recommends that all members of the Catholic community who can receive a COVID-19 vaccine should do so. The Archdiocese is not providing individuals with religious exemption letters to avoid vaccination against COVID-19. Please see the information and links below to understand why the Archdiocese does not consider the COVID-19 vaccine to be morally objectionable and why it encourages all the faithful to get vaccinated.
“Receiving one of the COVID-19 vaccines ought to be understood as an act of charity toward the other members of our community. In this way, being vaccinated safely against COVID-19 should be considered an act of love of our neighbor and part of our moral responsibility for the common good.”—USCCB, Moral Considerations Regarding the New COVID-19 Vaccines.
The following links might be helpful in understanding the morality of receiving the vaccine:
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20201221_nota-vaccini-anticovid_en.html
https://www.usccb.org/news/2021/us-bishop-chairmen-doctrine-and-pro-life-address-use-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine
https://www.cacatholic.org/CCC-vaccine-moral-acceptability
Vatican: COVID-19 vaccines are “morally acceptable”
Archdiocese of Los Angeles: “Strongly encourages” Catholics
to receive a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine
The Vatican’s doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has determined that it is “morally acceptable” for Catholics to receive the vaccines against the COVID-19 virus. This judgment is deeply rooted in the Catholic moral tradition.
On December 21, 2020, the CDF stated:
All vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in production of the vaccines derive . . . the morality of vaccination depends not only on the duty to protect one's own health, but also on the duty to pursue the common good.
In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the epidemic, the common good may recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed.
Therefore, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles strongly encourages Catholics to receive a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of ourselves, our loved ones, and the common good.
If some of the faithful do not receive the vaccine, the Vatican says that those persons “must do their utmost to avoid . . . becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.”
For more information, please see the following documents from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB):
USCCB – U.S. Bishop Chairmen for Pro-Life and Doctrine
https://www.usccb.org/news/2020/us-bishop-chairmen-pro-life-and-doctrine-address-ethical-concerns-new-covid-19-vaccines
USCCB – Moral Considerations Regarding the New COVID 19 Vaccines
https://www.usccb.org/moral-considerations-covid-vaccines
USCCB – Answers to Key Ethical Questions About COVID 19 Vaccines
https://www.usccb.org/resources/Answers%20to%20Key%20Ethical%20Questions%20About%20COVID-19%20Vaccines.pdf
USCCB – Moral Guidance on Vaccine
https://www.usccb.org/prolife/biomedical-research
USCCB – Statement on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.usccb.org/news/2021/us-bishop-chairmen-doctrine-and-pro-life-address-use-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine
Please also watch the following webinar:
Webinar - “Love Your Neighbor and Get Vaccinated: Science, Ethics and the COVID-19 Vaccines”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5AhnQSkOp0&t=6s
The one-hour-long webinar discusses the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines, as well as the impact the pandemic has had on parishes around the state. If features Dr. Charles Binkley, MD, Director of Bioethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University; Fr. Luke Dysinger, OSB, MD, DPhil., Professor of Church History and Moral Theology, St. John's Seminary; and Mr. Isaac Cuevas, Director of Immigration and Public Affairs, Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
COVID-19 Funeral Assistance from FEMA
FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) is providing financial assistance for funeral expenses related to COVID-19.
To be eligible for funeral assistance, you must meet these conditions:
- The death must have occurred in the United States, including the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.
- The death certificate must indicate that the death was attributed to COVID-19.
- The applicant must be a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or qualified alien who incurred funeral expenses after January 20, 2020.
- There is no requirement for the deceased person to have been a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or qualified alien.
To apply, please call the dedicated FEMA toll-free hotline at 844-684-6333 (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time).
For more information, please go to the relevant FEMA webpage.
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