If you can sew, we have a few parishioners who are doctors that are willing to take mask to their hospital.  If you would like to drop a face mask at the office we will be creating a drop box for face mask. 

Thank you! 

• St. Jerome Information (AS OF 3/18/20)

  All weekend Masses have been suspended until further notice.

  • Please see the full decree below from Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller. 

  • LIVE STREAM of Sunday Masses.   We thank everyone who joined us on Facebook Live this past Sunday. Your presence and prayers were definitely felt. Let us be thankful for the technology that allows us to do bring the Mass to God's people during this current situation.
    
    UPDATE:  The Sunday Mass is now scheduled to LIVE STREAM at 9:00AM beginning April 5th (Palm Sunday)  Fr. Scott will bless palms during this Mass and they will be available for pick up in front of the church starting at 10AM.  Please remember to practice social distancing.
    
    LIVING CROSS  -  We also invite families to bring a flower (Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday) to place on our living cross which will be located under the bell tower in front of the church.

  • Daily Masses are suspended for the public but will be Live Streamed at 9:00 AM  Tuesday - Friday. 
    
  • The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be by appointment only. Please call the office to set an appointment. 
    
  • Eucharistic Adoration is currently suspended on Wednesdays and Sundays. We will also have an hour of LIVE STREAM praise & worship as well as adoration on, Wednesdays from 7:00 - 8:00 PM. 
    • March 25, 2020: Gerard Mora & Crew
    • April 1, 2020: Alexa Padelecki, Juan Santillian, Jessica & Dustin Lubianski
    • April 8, 2020: Neala Montague
    • April 15, 2020: Roxanne Zigmond & Blake Zigmond
    
  • We will be live-streaming stations of the cross Friday evenings at 6:00 PM during lent. 
    
  • The parish office is closed to the public but the office staff is working to serve our parishioners by phone from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM daily.  
    
  • All other parish ministries and events are cancelled or postponed until further notice. 
    
  • During this time which we are not taking an offertory collection, we highly recommend submitting a contribution or establishing a recurring weekly gift through our online giving option.  For more details please visit our Online Giving Page. 

  Our prayer is that we may all respond with charity and sensitivity for the common good.  Please practice good hygiene following the recommendations of the CDC, stay at home if you feel sick or at risk, and increase your personal prayer at home with your families.  
  
   

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  Updated Decree from the Archdiocese as of March 30, 2020. 
  
  The Decree issued by Archbishop Gustavo on March 13, 2020, stated in #5, that it would be reviewed on March 31st, and that it remains in effect until revoked. With this Memo, Archbishop Gustavo is informing all concerned that the decree remains in effect until at least April 30, 2020.

  The precautions regarding social distancing (at least six feet between persons) and limits on crowd size (no more than 10 persons) remain in effect for all liturgies. Public celebration of Masses is suspended, and priests are encouraged to live- stream, or use other media, to reach out to the faithful. The limit of 10 persons is to be taken in the strictest sense, and the number includes clergy and camera/media persons.

  Pastors are encouraged to remain in contact with parishioners, by phone or livestreamed messages. Members of parish organizations can be invited to call the elderly and those who live alone to check on their well-being, and to ask if they need assistance with shopping, etc.

  All priests are reminded that they are asked to make Tuesday, April 7th, a day of prayer in preparation for the Chrism Mass that will be celebrated at San Fernando that evening with a total of 10 persons present. The Clergy Office will propose a schedule for that day that will include a common prayer time, a presentation via social media by Fr. Daniel Renaud, OMI, and the Chrism Mass that will be broadcast on CTSA. It is also available on other media sources.

  Concerning the distribution of the Holy Oils, please refer to Memo #5, point 5. Each dean is asked to designate one person per deanery to pick up the oils for all the parishes in the deanery and deliver them to the parishes, or otherwise make arrangements for them to be picked up in the dean’s parish. The dean is asked to inform Janie Garcia (janie.garcia@archsa.org) who will be picking up the oils on Wednesday, April 8th, between 9:00 a.m. and 12 Noon in the Pastoral Center.

  Other notices:
  Reconciliation/Confessions – In the Archdiocese of San Antonio, General Absolution is not approved at this time. Priests can hear confessions in the church or by appointment, respecting confidentiality and the social distancing guidelines. Cell phone confessions are not permitted.

  Funerals – Funerals may take place respecting the 10 persons limit gathered at one time. Recall that funeral Masses are not permitted during the Triduum.

  7. Many parishes are streaming their Sunday and even daily liturgies for the benefit of the faithful, and this is to be commended. If at all possible, please continue this practice through Holy Week and the Triduum. These liturgies celebrated at the Cathedral of San Fernando will be broadcast live on CTSA and the Archdiocesan social media channels. Below is the full schedule:

  Sunday, April 5 - Palm Sunday
  Tuesday, April 7 – Chrism Mass
  Thursday April 9 – Mass of the Lord’s Supper Friday, April 10 – Stations of the Cross Friday, April 10 – Las Siete Palabras
  Friday, April 10 – Liturgy of Good Friday Saturday, April 11 – Easter Vigil
  Sunday, April 12 – Easter Sunday

  8:00am (Spanish) 10am (English) 6:30pm
  6:30pm

  12:00 Noon 1:00pm
  2:00pm
  6:30pm (Bilingual)

  10am (English)

  8:00am (Spanish) All CTSA programming is available through the following options:

  Spectrum: Channel 15
  Roku: Catholic TV SA
  Amazon Fire TV: Catholic TV SA FaceBook: Catholic TV SA YouTube: Catholic TV SA YouTube: San Fernando Cathedral Vimeo: ArchSA Communications

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  ARCHBISHOP GUSTAVO ISSUES DECREE IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 on March 20, 2020.

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• ARCHBISHOP GUSTAVO ISSUES DECREE IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

  Please read Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller's full decree published on March 13, 2020 by clicking HERE

  Effective the weekend of March 14-15, the Archdiocese of San Antonio has issued the following:

  1. The Sunday Mass obligation is hereby dispensed for all Catholics.  Public weekend Mass at Notre Dame Catholic Church (and all parishes in the Archdiocese) is suspended through April 3. Daily Masses as well as Eucharistic Adoration in the chapel will continue.
  2. All non-essential gatherings for the rest of March are cancelled or postponed, pending further notice.  This includes all faith formation, youth ministry, retreats, and parish ministry gatherings.
  3. We are advising against home visits at this time, but in situations of serious pastoral necessity these decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the pastor, responding to the best of their abilities to these requests.  
  4. The faithful are encouraged to view and participate in the daily and Sunday Masses via CTSA, other television outlets or through archdiocesan electronic media.  Other devotions, such as praying the daily rosary or Divine Mercy Chaplet, are most appropriate at this time.

  Accompanied by the Lord, who will sustain us through this tribulation - and through the hard work of our dedicated health professionals - we will make it through these trying times that may come over the following weeks and months.  May all of these efforts help us to slow the spread of COVID-19.
  
  During this most difficult time we ask you to think of what you can do for others, and invite you to pray:

  Our Lady of Guadalupe, in these times of tribulation we turn to you O Mother.
  See with compassion the suffering of your beloved daughters and sons
  affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic throughout the entire world.
  Ask your Son to have mercy on us bringing healing to those infected and protection to all your children.
  Jesus, Christ, savior of all people, grant us courage to accompany and pray 
  for the entire world in the wake of sorrow and uncertainty.
  We seek refuge in you and according to your promise, deliver us from this danger.
  Amen.