Parish Report January 2022
February 1, 2022
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our monthly report!
PARISH SCHEDULE
The dispensation for Sunday Mass stays for those with serious health conditions or concerns, those taking care of the sick, and parishioners over 65 years of age who should participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. The parish office continues to be open to the public.
COVID GUIDELINES
Our Parish continues to be open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines from our Archbishop. It is now required for people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear a mask inside all parish facility in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Also, it is highly recommended to wear a mask inside parish facilities even for those who are vaccinated and to receive communion in the hand.
FAITH FORMATION
Please check the parish website and bulletin for more information. You can always call the religious education staff if you have any questions.
PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. The Archdiocese is requiring new background checks for all volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable individuals. Please be attentive to upcoming request to fulfill this requirement.
PARISH FINANCES
We closed our Archbishop Annual Appeal 2021 with a deficit of $20,000 which have already been paid from our operating account. Thank you all who participated in this campaign last year. We are also getting ready to being the Archbishop’s Appeal this year as commitment Sunday will be February 13th. In addition, we still experience a deficit in our weekly offertory during the last two weeks of each month. I thank all our parishioners who are so loving and generous with our parish. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report December 2021
January 2, 2022
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Happy NEW YEAR! Here is our monthly report!
PARISH SCHEDULE
The dispensation to miss Sunday Mass has been changed to those with serious health conditions or concerns, those taking care of the sick, and parishioners over 65 years of age who should participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. The parish office is open to the public now.
COVID GUIDELINES
The local government informed all pastors in Rockdale County that the number of people getting the virus has gone up again as well as the number of people getting hospitalized because of the virus. Our Parish continues to be open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines from our Archbishop. It is now required for people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear a mask inside all parish facility in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Also, it is highly recommended to wear a mask inside parish facilities even for those who are vaccinated and to receive communion in the hand.
FAITH FORMATION
We have started our school year. Please check the parish website and bulletin for more information. You can always call the religious education staff if you have any questions.
PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. The Archdiocese is requiring new background checks for all volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable individuals. Please be attentive to upcoming request to fulfill this requirement.
PARISH FINANCES
We still experience a deficit in our weekly offertory during the last two weeks of each month. I thank all our parishioners who are so loving and generous with our parish. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report November 2021
December 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Happy NEW LITURGICAL YEAR! Here is our monthly report!
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. The dispensation to miss Sunday Mass has been changed to those with serious health conditions or concerns, those taking care of the sick, and parishioners over 65 years of age who should participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. The parish office is open to the public now.
COVID GUIDELINES
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop. It is now required for people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear a mask inside all parish facility in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Also, it is highly recommended to wear a mask inside parish facilities even for those who are vaccinated and to receive communion in the hand.
FAITH FORMATION
We have started our school year. Please check the parish website and bulletin for more information. You can always call the religious education staff if you have any questions.
PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. The Archdiocese is requiring new background checks for all volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable individuals. Please be attentive to upcoming request to fulfill this requirement.
PARISH FINANCES
We still experience a deficit in our weekly offertory during the last two weeks of each month. I thank all our parishioners who are so loving and generous with our parish. Our Archbishop Annual Appeal 2021 closes December 31st. Our goal for this year is $97,600. So far we have collected $64,983. That means we are around $32,000 behind. I want to encourage those who pledged to this campaign at the beginning of the year to please fulfill your pledges. I also want to encourage those who have not given to this campaign to please consider helping us to fulfill our goal. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report October 2021
November 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our monthly report!
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. The dispensation to miss Sunday Mass has been changed to those with serious health conditions or concerns, those taking care of the sick, and parishioners over 65 years of age who should participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. The parish office is open to the public now.
COVID GUIDELINES
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop. It is now required for people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear a mask inside all parish facility in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Also, it is highly recommended to wear a mask inside parish facilities even for those who are vaccinated and to receive communion in the hand.
FAITH FORMATION
We have started our school year. Please check the parish website and bulletin for more information. You can always call the religious education staff if you have any questions.
PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. The Archdiocese is requiring new background checks for all volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable individuals. Please be attentive to upcoming request to fulfill this requirement.
PARISH FINANCES
The parish annual report has been shared with all our parishioners during this last month. You can see it in our Parish website. we still experience a deficit in our weekly offertory during the last two weeks of each month. I thank all our parishioners who are so loving and generous with our parish. Our Archbishop Annual Appeal needs some extra help to fulfill our goal. I encourage those who can help to please do so. Thanks also to those who have signed up for online giving. I encourage everyone else to look at that option on our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report September 2021
October 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our monthly report! Welcome Jake Mappes to our Parish staff as the new fulltime
music director!
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together
by our Archbishop. It is now required for people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID19 to wear a mask inside all parish facility in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Also, it is highly
recommended to wear a mask inside parish facilities even for those who are vaccinated and to
receive communion in the hand. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the
same. The dispensation to miss Sunday Mass has been changed to those with serious
health conditions or concerns, those taking care of the sick, and parishioners over 65
years of age who should participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook
and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at
11:00am and 1:00pm. The 3pm Sunday Mass in Spanish has been cancelled. Confessions
are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. We are very
happy to bring back our first Fridays devotion with overnight adoration. The parish office is
open to the public now.
FAITH FORMATION
We have started our school year. This year we are expanding the parent catechesis portion of
our program. Please check the parish website and bulletin for more information. You can
always call the religious education staff if you have any questions.
PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. The Archdiocese is
requiring new background checks for all volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable
individuals. Please be attentive to upcoming request to fulfill this requirement. Please see the
bulletin for further details.
PARISH FINANCES
As we closed our fiscal year 2020-2021, the finance council and I are working on the parish
annual report which will be ready to share with all our parishioners in the next few weeks. we
still experience a deficit in our weekly offertory during the last two weeks of each month. I
thank all our parishioners who are so loving and generous with our parish. Thanks also to
those who have signed up for online giving. I encourage everyone else to look at that option
on our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. I thank all of
our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report August 2021
September 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our monthly report! We will begin to celebrate the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick after all once at month starting the weekend of September 4 and 5
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop. It is now required for people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear a mask inside all parish facility in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Also, it is highly recommended to wear a mask inside parish facilities even for those who are vaccinated and to receive communion in the hand. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. The dispensation to miss Sunday Mass has been changed to those with serious health conditions or concerns, those taking care of the sick, and parishioners over 65 years of age who should participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. We are very happy to bring back our first Fridays devotion with overnight adoration. The parish office is open to the public now.
FAITH FORMATION
We are starting our school year. Registrations and orientation have been done. This year we are expanding the parent catechesis portion of our program. Please check the parish website and bulletin for more information. You can always call the religious education staff if you have any questions.
PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. The Archdiocese is requiring new background checks for all volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable individuals. Please be attentive to upcoming request to fulfill this requirement. Please see the bulletin for further details.
PARISH FINANCES
As we closed our fiscal year 2020-2021, the finance council and I are working on the parish annual report which will be ready to share with all our parishioners in the next few weeks. we still experience a deficit in our weekly offertory during the last two weeks of each month. I thank all our parishioners who are so loving and generous with our parish. Thanks also to those who have signed up for online giving. I encourage everyone else to look at that option on our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report July 2021
August 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
As we begin a new school year, I pray for our teachers and students that may be blessed with the grace to teach, learn, and serve each other. Here is our July Parish Report.
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop. The CDC now recommends that only people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are required to wear a mask. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. The dispensation to miss Sunday Mass has been changed to those with serious health conditions or concerns, those taking care of the sick, and parishioners over 65 years of age who should participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. We are very happy to bring back our first Fridays devotion with overnight adoration. The parish office is open to the public now.
FAITH FORMATION
We are done with our RE registrations and we are excited to begin our catechesis with our families. Orientation for religious education children and parents will be August 29th. For elementary school it will be at 9:15am. For EDGE (middle school) it will be at 10:00 am. For Life teen it will be at 12m. This year we are expanding the parent catechesis portion of our program. Orientation for our Catechists here at SPX will be August 15th at noon. Also, Southeast Catholic Conference will be virtual and free for any person who would like to participate and learn about catechesis. It will take place August 12th through 15th. Please check the parish website and bulletin for registration and more information.
PARISH MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. To bring us all back together with the same focus on our community’s future, we will be hosting a Ministry Leaders Meeting/spiritual retreat on August 21st. Please register for this event online or by contacting Jessica Garcia at the parish office. The Archdiocese is requiring new background checks for all volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable individuals. Please be attentive to upcoming request to fulfill this requirement. Also, if you have not yet taken a VIRTUS class, Saint Pius X will be offering this training on August 14th at 9:00am in English and 1:00pm in Spanish. Pleas see the bulletin for further details.
PARISH FINANCES
We still experience a deficit in our weekly offertory during the last two weeks of each month. I thank all our parishioners who are so loving and generous with our parish. Thanks also to those who have signed up for online giving. I encourage everyone else to look at that option on our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report June 2021
July 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
2021 is half over! I look forward to our mass attendance continuing to increase and returning to our pre-pandemic numbers. So far, about 66% of our parishioners are back for Sunday Masses. I am pleased to see so many ministries returning to their activities that bless and breathe life into our community. What a blessing! Welcome back home!
PARISH FINANCES
As we close this fiscal year, we have been able to move $40,000.00 into the Parish Savings Account. This was possible because we did not hire a music director and some expenses cut measures we took during the pandemic. Now that the recommendations allow for choirs during Mass, we have begun our search for a new Director of Music.
WELCOME FR. JAVIER
The parish staff and I would like to officially welcome Fr. Javier as our new Parochial Vicar. Father Javier is originally from Colombia, has been ordained for 25 years, is bilingual, and has been part of the Archdiocese of Atlanta since 2002. Please join us in making him feel at home at St. Pius X.
FAREWELL SEMINARIAN MATTHEW
The time has come that we must say goodbye to our Seminarian Matthew Howard. I’m sure you will all agree what a pleasure it has been to have Matthew here and share my appreciation for his help in so many areas of our parish. Matthew is going back to seminary to complete his last two years of formation before being ordained. Please assure him of your prayers as he continues to follow his calling into God’s service through priesthood. There is a box in the Narthex this weekend for any cards and well wishes you’d like to drop off.
FAITH FORMATION
Please remember Faith Formation registration is ongoing through the month of July. August 1st will be the last opportunity to register your children for the upcoming school year. This year we are expanding the parent catechesis portion of our program. Please check the parish website for more information.
PARISH MINISTRIES
As I mentioned, we are excited to see the St. Pius X ministries start to return to their ministry work. Please contact the office to schedule your in-person meetings and events. To bring us all back together with the same focus on our community’s future, we will be hosting a Ministry Leaders Meeting on August 21st. If you are a ministry leader, please save the date.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report May 2021
June 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our May parish report. First of all I want to report that we have experienced an increase in mass attendance during the last month! What a blessing! Welcome back home!
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop. The CDC now recommends that only people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are required to wear a mask. We will rely on the honesty of each person to follow this recommendation. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. The dispensation to miss Sunday Mass has been changed as only those with serious health conditions or concerns and those taking care of the sick and over 65 years of age can stay in home and participate in mass on tv or online. We livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. The parish office is open to the public now.
PRIESTS CHANGES!
Fr. Adam has been appointed as parochial vicar of Prince of Peace Parish. I want to thank Fr. Adam for his pastoral work with us for the last two years and we wish him the best in his next parish. Fr. Javier Munoz has been appointed as parochial vicar of Saint Pius X. Let’s welcome him as he begins his new assignment with us in July.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE)
Registrations for Religious Education 2021-2022! We will be offering early registration from June 1st to June 30th with a discount! Registration closes August 1st. Please check out the parish website for more information.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are shared with the leaders and to pray together. We have different rooms that can be used for in-person meetings with limited capacity. Please contact the office for more information.
PARISH FINANCES
As mass attendance is picking up, our offertory is also trending up. Thanks to the generosity of our parishioners, we are now able to do much needed building maintenance and repairs that had been postponed because of the hard financial situation during last year. I thank all our parishioners who have signed up for online giving. In addition, I encourage everyone else to look at that option on our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report April 2021
May 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our April parish report. First of all I want to report that we have experienced a small increase in mass attendance during the last month, specially after Easter! What a blessing it has been to see some of you back for the first time since March last year. Welcome back home!
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop. The use of a mask at all times inside our parish building continues to be mandatory for all. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues or concerns until further notice and encourages everyone who does not have health issues or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also livestream on Facebook and Youtube the daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (RE)
May is a busy month for RE. We will be celebrating the sacraments of first communion and confirmation in the next few weeks. Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our RE schedule. Classes are online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all instructions to sign in your virtual classrooms to get to the section. If you have any issues signing up for your classes, do not hesitate to contact us.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are shared with the leaders and to pray together. We have three different rooms that can be used for in-person meetings with limited capacity. Please contact the office for more information.
PARISH FINANCES
As mass attendance is picking up, our offertory is also trending up. With our offertory trends up and the money from the Payroll Protection Program from the government, we will be able to reestablish our staff’s hours and salaries which had been cut in October last year. Also, thanks to the generosity of our parishioners, we are now able to do much needed building maintenance and repairs that had been postponed because of the hard financial situation during last year. I thank all our parishioners who have signed up for online giving. In addition, I encourage everyone else to look at that option in our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report March 2021
April 1, 2020
Beloved St Pius X Family,
HAPPY EASTER!
Here is our March parish report.
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together
by our Archbishop. The use of a mask at all times inside our parish building continues to be
mandatory for all. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. Archbishop
Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues
or concerns until further notice and encourages everyone who does not have health
issues or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also livestream on
Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday
Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at
5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are
taking phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our RE activities.
Classes are online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all instructions to sign in
your virtual classrooms to get to the section. If you have any issues signing up for your
classes, do not hesitate to contact us.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email
with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are
shared with the leaders and to pray together. We have three different rooms that can be used
for in-person meetings with limited capacity for our parish ministries. Please contact the office
for more information.
PARISH FINANCES
As mass attendance is picking up, our offertory is also trending up. As our offertory trends up,
we will be able to re-stablish our staff’s hours and salaries and much needed building
maintenance and repairs. I thank all our parishioners who have signed up for online giving. In
addition, I encourage everyone else to look at that option in our website. Please call the office
if you need assistance with this process. The parish has applied for a second loan from the
Payroll Protection Program from the Government and it has been approved, which has
allowed us to increase hours for our facilities and maintenance staff back to normal. I thank all
of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and
parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report February 2021
March 1, 2020
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our February parish report.
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish building. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues or concerns until further notice and encourages everyone who does not have health issues or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails.
Holy Week and Easter are coming soon. Please make sure you have our Holy week and Easter schedule at hand so you don’t miss the celebration of the most important week in our Catholic Liturgy.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our RE activities. Classes are online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all instructions to sign in your virtual classrooms to get to the section. If you have any issues signing up for your classes, do not hesitate to contact us.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are shared with the leaders and to pray together. We have three different rooms that can be used for in-person meetings with limited capacity for our parish ministries. Please contact the office for more information.
PARISH FINANCES
We continue to experience a deficit in our offertory most weeks. I thank all our parishioners who have signed up for online giving. In addition, I encourage everyone else to look at that option in our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. Our Archbishop Annual Appeal 2021 was successfully conducted on February 14th, and we will relate the initial report to all as soon as we get it. The parish has applied for a second loan from the Payroll Protection Program from the Government and it has been approved. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report January 2021
February 1, 2020
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our January parish report.
First of all, my condolences, prayers and support to the Arellano Family. Our beloved Sister Vicky Arellano passed away on Thursday January 21st. As a parish family, we will have a Memorial Mass for Sister Vicky in the near future. Meanwhile we accompany her family with our love and prayers.
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open and safe to come to Mass as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish building. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues or concerns until further notice and encourages everyone who does not have health issues or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also livestream on Facebook and YouTube daily Mass at 8:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00am and 1:00pm in Spanish. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our RE activities. Classes are online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all instructions to sign in your virtual classrooms to get to the section. If you have any issues signing up for your classes, do not hesitate to contact us.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are shared with the leaders and to pray together. We have three different rooms that can be used for in-person meetings with limited capacity for our parish ministries. Please contact the office for more information.
PARISH FINANCES
We continue to experience a deficit in our offertory most weeks. I thank all our parishioners who have signed up for online giving. In addition, I encourage everyone else to look at that option in our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. Our Archbishop Annual Appeal goal for 2020 was achieved. Thanks to all our donors and benefactors. We will have our in-pew pledging for the Appeal this year the weekend of February 14th. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report December 2020
January 1, 2021
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Happy New Year to all!
Here is our December parish report.
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish continues to be open with limited attendance as we follow the safety guidelines put
together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish
building. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. Archbishop
Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues
or concerns until further notice. We encourage everyone who does not have health issues
or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also continue to livestream on
Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Spanish, and
Sunday Masses at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish. Confessions are on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed
to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our Religious
education activities. Classes are online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all
instructions to sign in your virtual classrooms to get to the section. If you have any issues
signing up for your classes, do not hesitate to contact us.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email
with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are
shared with the leaders and to pray together.
PARISH FINANCES
We continue to experience a deficit in our offertory most weeks. As we are using the baskets
during mass again, please be mindful of second collections which should be deposit during the
second round. I thank all our parishioners who have signed up for online giving. In addition,
I encourage everyone else to look at that option in our website. Please call the office if you
need assistance with this process. Thanks to all who fulfilled your pledges to the Archbishop
Annual Appeal. Once I get the final report, I will share it with the entire parish community. I
thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and
parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report November 2020
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our November parish report.
First of all, my condolences, prayers and support to the Mead Family. Our beloved Deacon Stuart Mead passed away on Friday November 27th. As a parish family, we will have a Memorial Mass for Deacon Stuart in the near future. Meanwhile we accompany his family with our love and prayers.
PARISH SCHEDULE
Our Parish is open with limited attendance as we follow the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish building. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues or concerns until further notice. We encourage everyone who does not have health issues or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also continue to livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass at 8:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails. Thanks to our Religious Education program and volunteers, we have the chapel ready for private prayer and reflection during the Advent Season. Please make sure to stop by.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Religious Education Program 2020-2021 has already started. Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our activities. Classes are online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all instruction to sign in your virtual classrooms to get to the section. If you have any issues signing up for your classes, do not hesitate to contact us.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
We had a great online meeting with our parish leaders to discuss ministry opportunities and brain-storm ideas on how we can serve our parish community better during this pandemic times. I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are shared with the leaders and to pray together.
PARISH FINANCES
We continue to experience a deficit in our offertory most weeks. I thank all our parishioners who have signed up for online giving. In addition, I encourage everyone else to look at that option in our website. Please call the office if you need assistance with this process. Our Archbishop Annual Appeal goal is behind by $20,000.00 and December is the last month for all of us to fulfill our pledges. I thank all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish. I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza, Pastor
Parish Report October 2020
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our October parish report.
PARISH SCHEDULE
We continue to keep our parish open for limited attendance as we follow all the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish building. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. We have temporarily added a new Sunday Spanish Mass at 3:00pm. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues or concerns until further notice. We encourage everyone who does not have health issues or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also continue to livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish. Other news from St. Pius X can be found each week in the parish bulletin, the SPX website, the Parish App and on the SPX Facebook page. We want you to know that we miss you and pray for you and your families. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Religious Education Program 2020-2021 has already started. Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our activities. Classes are online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all instruction to sign in your virtual classrooms to get to the section. If you have any issues signing up for your classes, do not hesitate to contact us.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are shared with the leaders and to pray together.
PARISH FINANCES
We continue to experience a deficit in our offertory most weeks. In order to keep our parish running, I have made some decisions regarding our staff to lower our payroll expenses. The positions of pastoral assistance, coordinator of religious education activities, and kitchen director have been eliminated. All our full time staff members received a salary cut and some of our part time staff members’ hours were reduced to the minimum. These decisions were not easy to make but I hope they ease the financial situation of our parish during these trying times. I thank from my heart all our staff members for their hard work and service to the parish. Again, I thanks all of our parishioners for your love and support of our parish.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza
Pastor
Parish Report September
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our September parish report.
PARISH SCHEDULE
We continue to keep our parish open for limited attendance as we follow all the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish building. Our daily and Sunday Mass schedule continues to be the same. We have temporarily added a new Sunday Spanish Mass at 3:00pm. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss Sunday Mass because of health issues or concerns until further notice. We encourage everyone who does not have health issues or concerns to start coming back to Sunday or daily Mass. We also continue to livestream on Facebook and Youtube daily Mass Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish. Other news from St. Pius X can be found each week in the parish bulletin, the SPX website, the Parish App and on the SPX Facebook page. For those who cannot come to Mass yet, we want you to know that we miss you and pray for you and your families. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Registrations for our Religious Education Program 2020-2021 is now closed. Classes will begin in mid September. Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our activities. Classes will be online until further notice. Please be patient and follow all instruction to sign in your virtual classrooms to get to the section.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
We have opened three rooms for parish ministries and groups to be able to have in-person meetings starting October 1st. All the leaders of groups and ministries have received a letter with the information and guidelines to be able to use those spaces. If you need more information about it, please contact the office. I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what changes are shared with the leaders and to pray together.
PARISH FINANCES
We continue to experience a deficit in our offertory most weeks. The financial annual parish report will be given during the beginning of October. Again, I thank you all for your love and support of our parish during these hard times.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza
Pastor
Parish Report August
August 31, 2020
Beloved St Pius X Family,
Here is our August parish report.
PARISH SCHEDULE
We continue to do our best to keep our parish open for limited attendance as we follow all the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish building. We are now celebrating the regular daily and Sunday Mass schedule. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss mass because of health issues or concerns through September. In his message, the Archbishop stated “we still need to be extremely cautious and practice proper protocol. I suspect more of us can return to Sunday or weekday Mass than are currently attending…please continue to be safe”. We continue to livestream, on Facebook and YouTube, daily Mass Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish. Other news from St. Pius X can be found each week in the parish bulletin, the SPX website, the Parish App and on the SPX Facebook page. For those who cannot come to Mass yet, we want you to know that we miss you and pray for you and your families. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are here to assist you through phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
We have been able to celebrate the sacraments for all our Religious Education groups 2019-2020. Please visit our Facebook page to see the pictures of those beautiful liturgies. Registrations for our Religious Education Program 2020-2021 is now closed. Classes will begin in mid September. Please stay connected to our Facebook page and website to keep up with our activities.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
We are open for liturgical celebrations only. I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what happens in the parish and to pray together.
PARISH FINANCES
We continue to experience a deficit in our offertory every week. Our finance council and finance administrator are putting together our Parish Financial Report which will be given to all members of our parish during the month of September. Again, I thank you all for your love and support of our parish during these hard times.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your priests and parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza
Pastor
Parish Report July
July 31, 2020
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
Here is our first parish report I will be sharing with all of you at the end of each month until we all may be able to be together again.
PARISH SCHEDULE
We continue to do our best to keep our parish open for limited attendance as we follow all the safety guidelines put together by our Archbishop, especially the use of a mask at all times inside our parish building. We are now celebrating the regular daily and Sunday Mass schedule. Archbishop Hartmayer has extended the dispensation to miss mass because of health issues or concerns until August 30th. We continue to livestream on facebook and Youtube daily Mass Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday at 6:30 pm in Spanish, and Sunday Masses at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish. Other activities and news from St. Pius X can be found each week in the parish bulletin, the SPX website, the Parish App and on the SPX Facebook page. For those who cannot come to Mass yet, we want you to know that we miss you and pray for all of you and your families every day. We hope to see you soon. Confessions are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:30pm, and Wednesdays at 9:00 am. Offices continue to be closed to the public but we are taking phone calls and emails.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Online registrations are open for our 2020-2021 Religious Education sections. Please visit https://spxconyers.com/religious-education/ to register your children for our program. If you need any help with the online registration process or have any questions about it do not hesitate to call the office. We will be ready to help you.
MINISTRIES AND PARISH GROUPS
We are open for liturgical celebrations only. I encourage all our ministry and parish group leaders to keep in contact by phone or email with all the members of your ministry/group to keep them informed about what happens in the parish and to pray together.
PARISH FINANCES
We closed our 2019-2020 fiscal year with an offertory deficit due to being closed for about three months. However, we were benefited by the Payroll Protection Program offered by the government a few months ago. We are working hard to get all the paper work needed for us to be able to receive that money. More details and specific numbers will come out when the Parish Finance Council and our Finance Administrator write the Annual Parish Report for all of us to see. I want to thank you all for your love and support of our parish during these hard times.
I pray you take comfort in knowing that you all are loved and prayed for by your parish community, and we ask you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza
Pastor
Parish Report 07/20/20
July 20, 2020
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
It has brought Fr. Adam and I great joy to see those of you who have been back to Masses in
person. It is a blessing to see and hear our community worship together. We know that many
of you are unable to return right now, and we want you to know we pray for all of our families
every day and cannot wait to see you when you can return.
I am pleased to share with you that we are completing the Sacraments for our children, teens
and adults who were in our Faith Formation preparation programs last school year. Three
weeks ago, we welcomed several children into the Catholic Church through Baptism, and last
weekend we celebrated the sacrament of Confirmation for our young people. Our First
Communion Masses are scheduled for August 8th and 15th. Our adults from the RCIA
program will also receive their sacraments on August 15th
.
In other news. Barb Roberts, our Parish Secretary, retired last week. We were sad to see her
go, but happy for her as she starts her next adventure! Although the parish offices are closed
to in-person assistance, we are available by telephone or email to help you in any way we can.
We also said good bye to Denise who worked in the rectory for 31+ years and retired this past
week.
We are livestreaming daily Mass Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., and Sunday Masses at
11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Spanish. The Masses are available on the St. Pius X Facebook
page and on our Youtube channel. Other activities and news from St. Pius X can be found
each week in the parish bulletin, the SPX website, the Parish App and on the SPX Facebook
page.
If you are not able to return to Mass in person yet and would like the bulletin sent directly to
your email address every week, please contact the office and we can help make that happen. If
you do not use any of the above methods of communication, please call the office and we will
put you on a mailing list to receive the bulletin by mail.
I want to thank you all for your love and support of our parish. Many of our parishioners have
been constant in making sure that their offertory gets to the parish every week, and I cannot be
more grateful for their commitment and consistency. May the Lord reward you a hundredfold.
The last four months have been challenging for everyone in so many ways. I pray you take
comfort in knowing that you are loved and prayed for by your parish community, and we ask
you to pray for us as well.
Love and blessings,
Fr. Juan Areiza
Pastor
Reopening Letter 05/20/2020
Dear Saint Pius X Family,
We are very excited to once again be able to open our doors for public mass and prayers. As we reopen our doors there will be new guidelines put forth by our bishops in order to ensure public safety and the ability to continue gathering in our parishes.
The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Masses for everyone in the Archdiocese of Atlanta remains in effect until June 28th. Because of this, those wishing to participate in the Holy Mass and receive Holy Communion can do so by attending any Mass any day of the week. This will help our communities manage the number of attendees for Mass during weekends. Everyone who is sick, whether it is a chronic illness or just a fever, is encouraged to stay at home and continue to participate in a televised or live-streamed celebration of the Holy Eucharist. With these cautions in mind, here at St. Pius X we are excited to begin welcoming you back into our sanctuary every day of the week beginning on Monday May 25th. We can’t wait for you to join us as we all follow the recommendations made by our Bishops so that we can once again come together around the altar of our Lord while ensuring everyone’s safety. In person Masses will look a little different than you’re accustomed to in the coming weeks. Here’s what you need to know to be prepared.
Everyone must wear a mask to enter the building at all times. Please be prepared and bring your own mask, as we do not have an abundance available to give away. In addition, we will be providing hand sanitizer at the main entrance for everyone to use each time you enter the building.
Monday through Saturday, the Main Sanctuary will be open for private prayer beginning at 10am. You may bring in your own personal prayer resources such as a journal, rosary, or a spiritual book, however you MUST take them with you when you leave. Materials you leave behind will be thrown away during the daily sanitizing of the Sanctuary.
We will be offering daily Masses Monday through Friday only at 6:30pm. On Wednesday and Thursday, Mass will be bilingual.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will be offered in the Sanctuary before weekday masses Monday through Friday, from 5:30pm to 6:25pm. Reconciliation will take place during Adoration in the Cana Room from 5:30 pm to 6:15pm next to the sanctuary to allow us to keep social distance, while maintaining privacy.
We will resume our normal Sunday Mass schedule with limited seating available on a first come first served system. The schedule begins with a 5pm Saturday vigil Mass and ends with 5pm Sunday evening Mass. You will be asked to sanitize your hands when you arrive, and we encourage you to bring your own sanitizer to also allow you to sanitize before and after receiving communion. You may begin arriving for Mass 30 minutes before it is scheduled to start. When you arrive, please use the marked lines to help maintain 6 feet of distance between your family and others. Wait to be escorted to the best available seat by one of our volunteer ushers. In accordance with the recommendations from the Archdiocese and local health officials we have removed all hymnals and missalettes from the pews. We encourage you to bring your own worship aids or download an app to follow along with the Mass. Apps like Laudate and iBreviary make this easy. If you bring printed worship aids, please remember to take them with you and do not leave them in the pews when you exit.
Because the clergy will be the only ones distributing Holy Communion, we ask that you remain in your pew until an usher directs you to communion. We strongly urge you to receive Communion in your hands with due reverence and respect.
At the end of mass, please remain in your pew until an usher directs you out of the building. We will be leaving by sections.
We want to extend our sincere gratitude and a huge thank you to the many parishioners who have continued to offer their gifts, talents, and treasure to our parish during these last few difficult months. Many have helped us to keep contact with our parishioners. Many parishioners have mailed in their offertory donations or signed up for our online giving system, and it is because of your generosity that we are able to continue to serve you. As we begin to reopen, you are welcome to give using the baskets that will be by the doors of the Sanctuary on Sundays or in the secured box in the narthex during the week. You may also sign up for online giving using the link on our website.
We expect seating at Sunday masses to be very limited, and you are encouraged to attend Mass and receive the Eucharist on any day of the week. In the event that you arrive for a Sunday Mass after all available seats are filled, you are welcome to live stream outside or in your car and receive the Holy Eucharist after the church has been emptied. You are also welcome to come back for a Mass later in the day or during the week. We will continue to live stream Sunday Masses at 11am in English and 1:00pm in Spanish as well as all of our weekday Masses.
We appreciate your understanding as we do everything we can to keep our community safe. We will be spraying to sanitize the sanctuary daily and between each Sunday Mass. Throughout each day, we are also diligently cleaning all surfaces you may come in contact with. Please pay attention to the marked signs and do not enter areas of the church property that are currently closed such as downstairs classrooms or the parish hall.
Lastly, for those who want to receive Holy Communion but are not comfortable coming inside the Sanctuary yet, we will offer outdoor, drive-in Adoration followed by the distribution of the Blessed Sacrament on Mondays and Fridays from 9am-10am in the back parking lot by the community garden beginning Monday May 25th. To receive communion, you must be wearing a mask and you will be asked to step out of your car.
Once again, we are very excited to reopen our doors and to have the opportunity to worship together around the altar of our Lord. Please continue to pray for us as we continue to pray for you. May God bless you and keep you safe. Love and Blessings,
Fr. Juan and Father Adam.