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The Mass at St. IsidoreFourteenth Sunday
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Re-Opening
We are back to our usual schedule of public celebration of the Mass. Praise God! Please scroll down on this page to read the Mass guidelines. A video of the Sunday 10:30 AM Mass will be posted here and on our Facebook page on Sunday afternoon. The Rosary is prayed a half-hour before each weekend Mass.
We have also resumed the normal Confession schedule.
Adoration has resumed on Friday mornings, from 8 AM to noon, in the church rather than the daily Mass chapel. At this time there is no Rosary or Benediction at the end of Adoration.
The parish office is open. When possible, please conduct any business by phone, mail, or email rather than coming to the office. Anyone entering the office should wear a mask.
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Mass Guidelines
Attending Mass
- If you have any symptoms that could be Covid-related, or have been around anyone recently with such symptoms or who has tested positive, please do not come to Mass.
- If you are in a vulnerable group (over 60, compromised immune system, pre-existing health conditions) or live with or care for anyone in those groups, we strongly encourage you to stay home.
- Bishop Duca has suspended our Sunday Mass obligation indefinitely, and he has emphasized that no one should have any pangs of conscience about staying away from Mass at this time. You may want to attend a weekday Mass, which has fewer people.
- Everyone must wear a mask and practice social distancing while they are inside the building. The only exceptions are that masks are not required for infants in arms or baby carriers, or for those who cannot wear a mask due to asthma or similar breathing problems.
- If you have it, please bring a personal bottle of hand sanitizer with you. Please sanitize your hands as you enter and leave the church. Hand sanitizer stands are available in the narthex, along with alcohol wipes for cleaning the pew surfaces in the area where you sit.
- Every other pew will be closed. Family groups (those who live in the same household) should sit together. All other individuals should maintain a minimum distance of 6 feet from anyone else, whether standing or in the pews.
- There will be no Mass coordinators, lectors, commentators, altar servers, or Eucharistic ministers. Father and the deacons will read the Scriptures and administer Communion.
- A collection basket will be placed in the back of the church. We will not pass the baskets to take up an offering.
- Please do not hold hands during the Our Father, other than within family groups.
- The cry room, gathering room, and daily Mass chapel will be closed. The bathrooms are now available.
Receiving Communion- The Body of Christ will be administered, but not the common chalice.
- As you leave your pew for Communion, continue to wear your mask and maintain social distancing.
- We encourage you to receive the Host in your hand. You may not wear gloves to receive the Host.
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I invite you to come worship with us. Although our family comes from every imaginable background and circumstance, we are united in one Faith: the ancient Faith of the New Testament Church, the Catholic Faith.
We believe our lives come to have meaning, purpose, and joy when we know, love, and serve Jesus Christ within the fullness of the family He founded. We open our arms in welcome to you and invite you to become our new sister or brother. On behalf of our family, I invite you to come home.In Christ,
Father Frank Bass, Pastor
Watch a video of the homily from last Sunday
Read the Harvester weekly bulletin
Join St. Isidore Parish
Get involved at St. Isidore
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Church Location
Corner of Plank Road & Thomas Road in Baker/Brownsfield
5657 Thomas Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70811
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Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil 4 PM
Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:30 AM
Monday Communion Service 8:30 AM
Tuesday 6 PM
Wednesday 7:15 AM
Thursday 6 AM
Friday 7:15 AM -
Confession Schedule
Confessions will be heard in the daily Mass chapel, not in the reconciliation room. Please wear a mask and wait in the narthex.
Tuesday 4:45 to 5:45 PM
Saturday 2:45 to 3:45 PM -
Office
5657 Thomas Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70811
(225) 775-8850
fax (225) 775-7072
Office Hours
Monday through Thursday:
8 AM to noon, 1 to 4:30 PM
Friday: 8 AM to noon
Our office is the single-storey building down Thomas Road, across from the nursing home. -
Friday Adoration
Adoration is in the main church on Friday mornings from 8 to noon, with no Rosary or Benediction at the end.
Friday 8:00 AM to Noon -
Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Hos 8:4-7, 11-13Responsorial Psalm 115:3-4, 5-6, 7ab-8, 9-10Gospel Mt 9:32-38
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The Veil Removed
Visit The Veil Removed to watch a 7-minute movie that depicts what's really happening on the altar at each Mass. Jesus is truly present as the Eternal High Priest, as the Sacrificial Victim, and in His Real Presence in the Eucharist -- bringing with Him the saints and angels, united with us in adoring Him! Explore that website for explanations and reflections on the miracle that happens at every Mass.