Guidelines for Returning to Mass

BEFORE COMING TO MASS

• Please wash your hands for 20 seconds using soap and water.
• Before entering the Church, please put on a face mask or cloth covering. Exceptions to this are “children younger than 2 years old, anyone who has trouble breathing or is unconscious, and anyone who is incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the cloth face covering without assistance” (CDC Guidelines).
• Please do not come to Mass if you are sick or are at higher risk for severe illness with COVID19 (see above).
• Missalettes will not be in the pews during this period. You are welcome to bring your own missal/readings with you. Electronic devices are welcome.

 

ENTERING THE CHURCH
 

• The church’s ramp door and Blessed Mother Rhawn Street doors will be used to enter the Church.
• Hand sanitizers will be available at the Church entrances.  Please use the hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting the Church.

 

SEATING
 

• When taking your seat, please honor all posted signs about where you may sit. Every other third pew will be open to ensure proper social distancing.
• Members of the same household may sit together as normal. Please place 6 feet between your household and members of a different household.
• Ushers will be present to assist people with seating.

 
 
DURING MASS
 

• Liturgical singing will be kept to a minimum during this period.
• A collection will be taken up during the Offertory as usual using long-handled baskets.
• There will be no Sign of Peace during Mass during the Yellow Phase.
• There should be no holding of hands during the Our Father.

 

RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION
 

• Parishioners in the center aisles will form one line to receive communion while maintaining social distancing.  Parishioners in the side aisles will remain seated.  When the center aisle distribution is complete, priests will move to side aisles and parishioners will form a single line to receive communion while maintaining social distancing.
• Please maintain social distancing in the Communion line. Please keep several pews between yourself and the person in front of you while in line and when returning to your pew.
• During the Yellow Phase, the faithful are asked to receive Holy Communion in the hand.
• Please remove your mask before receiving Holy Communion.

 
 
EXITING THE CHURCH
 

• At the conclusion of Mass, please exit the Church and proceed directly to your car. Please do not congregate in church or in the parking lot for any reason.
• Please take a parish bulletin home with you.
• Please leave your mas
• k on until you exit the Church.

 

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

Saint Cecilia Church will follow the guidelines from the CDC for sanitation as we resume public Masses. 

• To view the CDC guidelines, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/faith-based.html
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its COVID-19 webpage to say that the risk of transmission from a contaminated surface is “low”.  The main means of transmission is from “person-to-person”.
• Please note:  The restroom and crying room will be closed until further notice.