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COVID-19 update: Friday, May 15, 2020
Dear parishioners and families of St James:
First, I have good news for you all. Our Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller has announced that the public celebration of daily Mass to be resumed on Tuesday, May19th, and the weekend Mass on May 23rd & 24th, the Solemnity of the Ascension of our Lord. However, the faithful are dispensed from the Sunday Obligation, and this continues until Archbishop revokes it. It has now been TEN weeks since public celebration of Mass got suspended due to the global pandemic COVID-19. At the moment, we are preparing to gradually open our parishes for the public celebration of Mass. This involves deeper communication, profound personal and social responsibility. Based on the directives from the Archdiocese task force for COVID-19, and from civil and health officials, we will be implementing the best practices/strict measures, to safeguard and protect everyone’s health.- Mass Schedule: Saturday 5:30 pm (English), Sunday 8 am (Spanish), 10 am (English), 12 noon (English), 1:30 pm (Spanish).
- ONLY 25% of church seating capacity is allowed with social distancing (6 feet): 70 individuals in church.
- Stay home, if you have symptoms of cold, shortness of breath, chills, headache, sore throat, loss of taste and/or smell, diarrhea, fever 100 degrees or more, and/or if you have come in contact with a person tested positive for COVID-19.
- All our weekday/weekend Masses will continue to be live-streamed thru our website www.stjamestheapostlesa.org and FacebookLIVE.
- Please follow the guidelines at all the MASSES, especially for entry and exit from church, for seating arrangements if you come as a family living together.
- You will receive Holy Communion ONLY in the hand (the Body of Christ). The sequence of distribution will be told you during the Mass.
- You are mandated to wear a face mask, before, during and after the Mass. This includes the priest during Communion, altar servers, choir, lectors, volunteers and ushers.
- You body temperature will be checked before the Mass, using a contactless thermometer.
- The pews and chairs in church will be disinfected after every Mass.
- Tithing baskets will be place on both EXIT doors.
Thank you and God bless you,
Fr. Joseph Kandeor