Guidelines for Sunday Mass
Please note all parishioners are expected to wear a mask, and to socially distance.
Please enter the church through the main doors facing Clifton Boulevard.
Put on your face mask or other face covering before entering. Please sanitize your hands upon entry. You may use the hand sanitizer on the tables near the entrance if you do not have your own.
Bulletins will be on the tables. The bulletins will act as our worship aides since we cannot have hymnals in the pews. The bulletin will have the readings for Mass and the music.
Please proceed to a pew that is not taped off. Every other pew will be blocked off by tape. Families may sit together. Please be sure to maintain a distance of at least six feet from another family unit.
For Holy Communion, you will approach from the side aisles. Please be sure to sanitize your hands before receiving Communion. If you do not have your own hand sanitizer, you can use the hand sanitizer on the tables in the front of the church.
We will start from the front of the church and work our way back. Please come forward to the closest tape marking on each side. Stand as close as you can to the step into the sanctuary. One at a time you will approach the priest from the front. When in front of the priest, lower your face mask. The priest will say “The Body of Christ.” Bow and then extend your hands to receive the host. Consume the host and then raise your mask. Please do not receive on the tongue.
Proceed back to your seat using the middle isle.
At the end of Mass, please proceed out the two front doors of the church in an orderly way being sure to maintain social distancing of at least six feet. You can place your collection envelopes in the basket as you leave. You can also place your bulletin in the blue recycle container next to the collection baskets. You are encouraged to sanitize your hands once again as you leave.
Guidelines for Weekday Masses
Please note all parishioners are expected to wear a mask, and to socially distance.
Please enter the church through the southeast door off the small parking lot. This is the typical door we use for weekday Mass next to the statue of St. Therese of Lisieux. Please sanitize your hands upon entry. You may use the hand sanitizer on the table near the entrance if you do not have your own.
Please proceed to a pew that is not taped off. Every other pew will be blocked off by tape. Please do not attempt to go into a pew in the back portion of the church. The back of the church will be roped off.
For Holy Communion, you will approach from the side aisles. Please be sure to sanitize your hands before receiving Communion. If you do not have your own hand sanitizer, you can use the hand sanitizer on the tables in the front of the church.
We will start from the front of the church and work our way back. Please come forward to the closest tape marking on each side. Stand as close as you can to the step into the sanctuary. One at a time you will approach the priest from the front. When in front of the priest, lower your face mask. The priest will say “The Body of Christ.” Bow and then extend your hands to receive the host. Consume the host and then raise your mask. Please do not receive on the tongue.
Proceed back to your seat using the middle isle.
At the end of Mass, please proceed out the same door in an orderly manner being sure to maintain social distancing of at least six feet. You are encouraged to sanitize your hands once again as you leave.
Guidelines for Reconciliation
Please note all parishioners are expected to wear a mask, and to socially distance.
In preparation for beginning the public celebration of Mass, we will have the Sacrament of Reconciliation available from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the church. Fr. Gary Yanus will be in the sanctuary and Fr. Kevin Elbert will be in the back gathering area. Staff will help direct you where to wait in line and when to come into the church.
Please enter from the doors facing Bunts and exit through the doors on the other side of the church next to the school building. Please remain standing and six feet away from the priests. Please also be sure to maintain social
distancing while you are in line. Families may stand together. There will be cones to help you know where to stand.
As we prepare to publicly celebrate Mass once again, it is important for us to do all we can to protect one another.
Please be sure to wear a mask when you enter the church and throughout Mass other than when you receive Holy
Communion. Please let me know if you do not have a mask or other face covering. Our quilting group made a handful of cloth masks for those unable to obtain one.
