This is a fluid situation, so please check this blog page each day for updates. As previously communicated, this weekend the Mass schedule will be as normal, and starting Monday, March 16th, all public masses are cancelled until further notice.

Tonight, the Fish Fry is cancelled. Encounter will take place, but there will be no close contact praying over people. We will have adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and singing and confessions. Families can sit together, but people should arrange their seating so as to make sure there is at least six feet between families.

Baptisms, weddings, and funerals will take place as scheduled, as these rarely exceed the gathering limit imposed by the county.

Starting Monday, March 16th, the church will be open from 8am to 9pm for people to pray. The office will be open the usual hours (M-F, 8:30am to 6pm, closed for lunch from 12:30-2pm).

The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed on the altar for the rest of March, Monday through Friday and Sunday from 12 noon to 6pm. Exceptions are March 19th, adoration will be from 12-3pm and March 23rd, adoration will be from 12:30pm to 6pm.

From March 16th to the end of the month, assume that all other planned parish gatherings have been cancelled. Some exceptions will be made for small gatherings. Your ministry head will contact you specifically to let you know that a gathering will take place.

We will add significant hours for individual confessions, the days and times to be announced shortly.

Plans are being made for the parish to enhance its online presence as a way for us to connect, pray together, and learn together.

Starting next week, members of the parish staff will call each registered family to see how they are doing and ask if they have any prayer intentions or otherwise need help.

This may sound strange, but I think that God is presenting us with an opportunity to grow spiritually through all of this. I will elaborate on this more in future posts.