WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Cleaning & Safety Protocols are in place.
• Mask use is required while in the building – please bring your own; masks will be available for those who forget.
• Hand sanitizer will be available. 
• Social distancing is to be observed. 
• All should enter by the tower doors.
• Cloister restroom will be open for use.
• The rest of the building will be closed (which helps keep the amount of cleaning between events to a manageable level).
• Seating is limited to ensure the safety of all.
• There will be no congregational singing.  However, we will have a small choir (distanced for safety) which will sing the usual parts of the mass and take the congregation’s part when there is to be chanting or singing.
• The peace continues to be “non-touch” – a bow is recommended.
• The offering plate will be on a table, not passed amongst the congregation.
• There will be no coffee hour or social gatherings following the mass.  Please continue to observe social distancing and mask wearing as you return to your car.

FINALLY, while all are welcome to return to church, many in the congregation may feel that the time is not yet right for them to do so.  It is perfectly appropriate to make that decision.  (Indeed, that is a major factor in why we are continuing to live stream the ten o’clock Sunday and Wednesday masses.)  Age and underlying illness increase the risk for many of us.  Prudence is a cardinal virtue.  And each of us should be prudent in finding our own level of risk tolerance.