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<span class="normaltextrun">Dear Friends in Christ,</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">With the recent announcement of the “Stay-at-</span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">Home“ order</span><span class="normaltextrun"> for Colorado, our parish will be changing our operating procedures. During the period
of <b>March 26</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt">th</span></sup> through April 11</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt">th</span></sup></b>, our staff will be working remotely
and will be available during our normal office hours of <b>9am to 5pm</b>, Monday through Friday. Please call our main phone line at <b>719-528-8407</b>, or email any staff member, and we will continue to assist you in any way that we can! Contact information
can be found on our website at </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.saintgabriel.net/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">www.saintgabriel.net</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">. </span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Also, in a sense taking advantage of these next few weeks of “quarantine,” construction work related to our parish building project will be occurring in our nave and sanctuary. For this reason, <b>our facilities will not be accessible</b> to
the public during this time. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">We will continue to offer our online and social media messages, clergy reflections, FORMED materials, and Sunday and Holy Week liturgies. We continue and expand our “remote” ministries, reaching out to those in need and providing
the help that we can. Please check our Facebook page daily for ways that you may be able to help. </span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Finally, unless we are instructed otherwise, and in compliance with my interpretation of the Governor’s order, which allows for “in-person pastoral services for individuals who are in crisis or in need of end of life services, provided
social distancing is observed,” we will continue with our planned offerings of weekend <b>confessions from 1:30pm-3:30pm on Sat, March 28</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt">th</span></sup> and Sat, April 4th</b>. Sin
is a crisis we need to address in our lives, and especially during Lent. So, if you are conscious of serious sin, or if any sin is causing you distress, please come for healing during these opportunities. If you do come, <b>please carefully read and follow
our distancing procedures</b> that will be posted near the entrances.</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Thank you all for your prayers and the kind words you have offered to our staff during this time. Each of us long for a return to normalcy as you do, but in the meantime, with God’s help, we are doing what we can and living hope! May
God bless and keep you always in His peace.</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Fr. Kirk</span><span class="eop"> Slattery</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8755 Scarborough Drive<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Colorado Springs, CO 80920<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">719-528-8407<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.saintgabriel.net/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.saintgabriel.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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