Dear Friends,
As our country and the world continues to deal with the Corona Virus, I want to update all parishioners on our response at St. John Paul II Parish. I mentioned some of these last weekend before all the masses. Others of them we will be instituting starting this weekend.
First and foremost, please stay home if you are sick and/or running a fever. The obligation to attend mass is suspended when one is ill.
Beginning this Sunday, March 14-15, 2020 we will discontinue distributing the Eucharist under the form of the Sacred Blood of Christ. As a reminder, when you receive the Eucharist under either form-the Sacred Body of Christ
or
the Sacred Blood of Christ-you receive the entire Body and Blood, soul and divinity of Christ. If you are gluten intolerant and typically receive the communion only under the form of the Sacred Blood of Christ, please let Fr. Tom or Jesse Schuler know that and we will figure out the best way to accommodate you.
Beginning this Sunday we will remove the Holy Water from all the fonts in both churches.
We will continue to encourage you to not hold hands at the Lord's Prayer and to greet one another both at the prayer partner time and the sign of peace without touching one another. A simple exchange of names at the prayer partner time and a bow at the sign of peace time is appropriate.
During the time of this pandemic we will discontinue distributing communion on the tongue. We ask all parishioners to receive communion in the hand.
We will be adding another layer of cleaning to all our liturgical vessels using a disinfectant wipe in addition to the normal soap and water cleansing.
All of these protocols will stay in effect until the time that this corona virus pandemic has passed.
We have one cancellation to announce.
The Senior Luncheon scheduled for March 25 has been cancelled.
As of this time we are not cancelling any other activities at the Church (including the Fish Fry)
but we ask that all of you exercise due diligence in attending activities. If you are elderly and/or in poor health, please use your own judgement as to whether or not to venture out of your home. Do what is best for you. I believe God will understand.
Fr Tom