From Father Michael – Some updates!
– March 26, 2020
The Church is open again - thanks for your patience!
St. Vincent DePaul Food
Pantry is getting ready to help their clients for Easter by distributing Gift
Cards. Would you like to donate toward this effort? Soon we will have a link on
We Share where it will go directly into their bank account. In the meantime,
send it to SVDP c/o St. Columba Church, PO Box 428, Hopewell Junction, NY
12533. If you know of anyone in our community who has been laid off or lost their
job and could use some help, please call the SVDP hotline - 227-7863, We are so
grateful to our outstanding volunteers who are working to keep this valuable
and important ministry going!
Our Town Supervisor, Nick D’Alessandro,
reminds us that home-bound seniors in need here in East Fishkill can receive a
lunch delivery. Call the Supervisor’s Office - 221-4303 or The Rec Office –
226-8395. We are so grateful for everything our Town is doing for us,
especially our first responders. Pray that they may be kept safe.
We have set up a new way for
you to let your priests know when someone needs prayers. At this time, we
particularly want to know the names of those you know who have the corona virus
or have died from it. We also want to
know names of people you know who are working in the front lines: doctors,
nurses and including those at stores and delivering the mail and packages. Send
this to prayer@stcolumbaonline.org.
The names will be placed in our rectory
chapel and we will pray for them every day. Thanks!
Members of the faithful are
invited to participate in the special prayer of the Holy Father on Friday,
March 27 at 1:00 PM EDT which will be streamed on www.vaticannews.va.
