Mass Guidelines

Please carefully read this information to help protect
the health of parishioners and clergy (Last modified: June 21, 2020)

Here are the things you need to know for ALL Masses:

• Only every other pew will be used
• Family members from the same household may sit together, all other parishioners must be separated by 6 feet
• Please arrive early if you are coming to Mass with a large family to assist in being seated together
• If you or someone in your household are ill or not feeling well do not come to Mass
• There will be a lector and there can be no more than one altar server
• Communion can be received in the hand or on the tongue; if receiving on the hand please make sure your hand is completely flat with your fingers pointed out; make a throne for our Lord
• The exchange of the Sign of Peace remains suspended
• Leave the church at the end of Mass while trying to maintain social distancing, please don't linger so that cleaning can begin
• Holy Water fonts will remain empty
• Wearing a mask is not required
• We will accommodate and adjust as we go along!

Here are the things you need to know for the WEEKEND Masses:

• Arrive early to get a seat, first-come, first-served - once the church is full, people will be turned away
• If you use an envelope for your giving please bring it with you
• No seating is available in the choir loft
• There will be no gift bearers or Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist
• Communion will be distributed by Fr. Fred and the deacon(s) moving through the empty pew rows
• After Mass, Fr. Fred and the deacon will not remain in the back of the church to greet people