UPDATE 7/31/2020: 

• All persons must wear a face mask in the church
• All persons not members of a family that lives together must sit/stand six feet apart in the church
• All persons in a procession, such as coming up for Holy Communion, must be six feet apart
• The Cry Room and its restroom at St. Paul will be closed
• All paper materials such as Bulletins, Missalettes, and Hymnals will be removed from the church
• Total number of persons allowed inside will not exceed 50% of the building occupancy

To give, visit:
https://offertory.dioceseofnashville.com/ 
and select St. Paul the Apostle
in the drop-down menu. 

 

I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the continued financial stewardship of parishioners and friends during this time. With public Masses suspended for the near future, I’m asking every family to do what they can to support our parishes through electronic giving.

- Bishop J. Mark Spalding 

The Vatican has granted a special emergency plenary indulgence for saying the divine mercy chaplet during the COVID-19 epidemic. Read more here. 

MORE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO VIEW MASS ONLINE DURING SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS

 
Although Bishop J. Mark Spalding has suspended the public celebration of Masses in the Diocese of Nashville, there are still lots of options to watch Mass online. (see below)

Bishop Spalding will celebrate a Mass that will available for viewing on the diocesan website – www.dioceseofnashville.com or watchmass.com – at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays. 

Other parishes and schools in the diocese are also stepping in to fill the void.
 

• Viewers can watch Masses in English from Our Lady of the Lake Church in Hendersonville at https://ololcconline.com/ at 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays. A Mass in Spanish from Our Lady of the Lake will be shown at 6 p.m. Sundays.

• Masses from Holy Family Church in Brentwood at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sundays can be watched on Holy Family’s website, https://holyfamilycc.com/, the public can view daily Masses 9 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 6:30a.m. on Tuesdays and noon on Thursdays. 

• St. Rose of Lima Church in Murfreesboro will show Masses every day on its Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/SaintRoseLimaParish/. Monday through Saturday, Mass in English will be shown at 8:15 a.m., and a Mass in Spanish will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. On Sunday, the Mass in English will be shown at 11 a.m. and in Spanish at 2 p.m. The parish is hoping to reach 1,000 subscribers to show the Mass on a YouTube channel, which is an easily accessible platform for those who do not have a Facebook account. The link to the YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqGqF_1nDynUJ2JbF0w8v3Q.

• Immaculate Conception Church in Clarksville began showing Masses daily on Friday, March 20, on its Facebook page (Immaculate Conception Catholic Church) and on the parish website, www.immaconception.org. The Masses will be shown at 6 p.m. Monday, 7 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

• The Church of the Nativity in Thompsons Station will stream Mass at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, and Sunday, March 29 on its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Catholic-Church-of-the-Nativity-222113904496377/.

• St. Matthew Church in Franklin will be showing Mass on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SaintMatthewCatholicChurch/) and on its website (https://www.stmatthewtn.org/church/) as the parish staff is able to update it.

• St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Cookeville will show Mass on its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/saintthomasaquinascookeville/ in English at 8 a.m. Sundays and in Spanish at 1 p.m. Sundays and for those without Facebook, go to our webpage at https://saintthomasaquinaschurch.com/.

• University Catholic will have Mass available on https://www.facebook.com/FrassatiHouse/ and Instagram @universitycatholic at 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 p.m. Sundays. Adoration and morning prayer will be available 10-11 a.m. Thursdays.

• Father Andrew Forsythe, the chaplain at Pope John Paul II High School, will be showing Mass daily online on their website www.jp2hs.org beginning Monday, March 23. Also, Mass will be celebrated on Facebook, live-stream, Monday through Friday at 7:30 am. He is also presenting One-Minute Instagram daily homilies @forsythehomilies. RCIA is Tuesday’s live at 6:30 on Facebook.

• Holy Name Church will have a private Mass available a 10:30 a.m. online on Sundays. Their Facebook page is where it will broadcast and uploaded to the parish website afterward on the parish Facebook page Holy Name Church and website at www.holynamenashville.com.

• St. Stephen streams Mass at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday on the parish Facebook page.

• St. Philip Catholic Church in Franklin at https://stphilipfranklin.com and Facebook.com/stphilipfranklin at 10 a.m., Sunday-Saturday in English. Masses in Spanish on Sunday, 1 p.m. and Thursday, 7 p.m.

• St. Thomas West Hospital, Father John Raphael is live-streaming his daily mass. Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. and Sunday 10:30 a.m. Link to the St. Thomas Health You Tube channel.
  http://www.youtube.com/c/stthomashealth

• Our Lady of Guadalupe Church has online Mass available on their Facebook page here.

• St Christopher Church has online mass available on their Facebook page 

   PRAYER AND STUDY RESOURCES:

• Nashville Catholic Radio daily prayer services: Listen at www.wbou.org or through your smart devices by saying “Play Nashville Catholic Radio.” In Nashville you can also hear then on 100.5 FM.

  ·     Daily at Noon, a 60 seconds examination of conscience followed by Mass.
  ·     Daily, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 3:00 PM, daily.
  ·     On Friday afternoons, the Stations of the Cross at 3:35 PM.
  ·     Daily, Rosary at 7:00 PM
  ·     Sunday Mass with the Most Reverend Bishop Spalding at 11:05 AM
  ·     Sunday Mass in Spanish at 8:00 PM.

• Office of Faith Formation: Join Joan Watson in Bible Study. The study will be live-streamed on the Diocese of Nashville Facebook page on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tune in at 2 pm CST to ask Joan questions and if you can't make it, it will be saved for viewing on our YouTube channel. Also, check 3minutetheology.com for episodes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (archived), and new 3MT episodes on Tuesdays, YouTube, Facebook, and on Instagram @3minutetheology.