St Philip Benizi Parish, Fullerton, CA -- Parish News

[Español] Dear Parishioners, To update all of you: (1) My Covid-19 test came back Negative (yea!).   However since by the Covid-19 protocol I still have a couple of days to self-isolate and almost everything that I absolutely need to do I can do from home, I will fulfill the requirements of the protocol, coming back on Thursday evening to celebrate the Spanish Mass (Deacon Tony has conducted three Communion Services in my absence, and I think that should be enough.   Thanks Deacon Tony, Deacon Richard and Fr. Sebastian for taking up the added work in my absence!)   I also believe it is important to fulfill the requirements of the protocol so as to NOT NEEDLESSLY SCARE ANYBODY .   The whole point of the public health protocols is to give confidence to the community that   those individuals previously infected (or previously showing objective symptoms) can return safely back into the community , this especially because: (2) In response to a surge in new cases across the country,

[Español] Dear Parishioners. To update you here.  A couple of weeks ago, I came down with a cold as I often do in the fall.  I got checked out at St. Jude Urgent Care, the doctor agreed, "Yup, you have a cold."  That weekend I stayed at home, to get myself out of the cold, and mostly did. However, as would often happen to me with colds of years past, the cold having mostly gone away, dropped further down my throat, turning eventually into a cough.  And as in other years, on Thursday, I went to St. Jude's Urgent Care to get some antibiotics to deal with the cough.  They gave them to me.  BUT then since cough and some shortness of breath are classic symptoms of COVID-19, they asked me to take a COVID test, which given that COVID cases are again rising, and lots of people are in need of the test will now take 5-7 days for results to return.  What good is a test like that?  But of course I took it. Well, the disease takes its time to develop AND as such the current protocols