All Catholics in the Diocese of Davenport are dispensed from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation until further notice.
When making the decision to attend mass, know that the parish is taking many precautions to protect the health and safety of our parishioners, our staff, and our community. Please take a variety of things into consideration when making your decision to attend mass in person or online from home.
The following changes and protocols will be observed at all Masses, including funerals and weddings.
Cloth face coverings/masks are required to be worn by everyone at all times, including children 2 years of age and older. A limited number of disposable masks will be available if you forget.
Try to avoid using the restroom. If you do need to visit the restroom, please practice social distancing. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Please review Covid-19 recommendations when making the decision to attend Mass in person.
Before Mass
Do not linger in the gathering area.
Greeters will sanitize your hands when you enter the gathering area.
A collection box for your contribution envelopes or offertory is located near the baptismal font. Baskets will not be passed.
mating will be in every other pew, beginning in the front and moving to the back. Maintain a six foot circle in front of, behind, and on either side of you/your family. Families, couples, and households may sit together. Ushers are available to help you find a seat.
During Mass
Mass will be brief.
There will not be any singing. Instrumental music will be played before Mass and during the offertory, Communion, and the recessional.
All acclamations will be spoken. The Apostles’ Creed will be recited.
During Communion, ushers will dismiss your pew. Pews will be dismissed from one side of the aisle and then the other side. Please maintain social distancing and leave your mask on. A minister will sanitize your hands before you receive the Body of Christ. Please approach with your hands held flat, one on top of the other. After the minister places the Body of Christ in your hands, step to the side, remove or lift your mask, consume the Body of Christ, replace your mask, and make the sign of the cross. The Blood of Christ will not be distributed. A minister will sanitize your hands before you return to your pew.
After Mass
At the end of Mass, ushers will dismiss you beginning in the back and moving to the front.
Do not linger in the gathering area. Individuals may converse outside of the church or in the parking lot. Please practice social distancing. Mask wearing is encouraged.
Bulletins will be online only. A limited number may be available for those who do not have internet access.
Communion ministers are not permitted to bring the Eucharist to the homebound or those in nursing homes, assisted living places, retirement villages, etc.
90 minutes after mass has ended, a team of volunteers will sanitize the church.
All funeral Masses must follow regular Mass protocols.
All funeral Masses are to be scheduled through Father Ken only. The family is to meet with the priest who will be presiding at the Mass. Masks are to be worn during the meeting.
The funeral Mass is not permitted if anyone in the family has been exposed to or tested positive for Covid-19 within the past ten days.
Flowers are not to be delivered to the church.
Visitation is not to be done at the church.
The Mass is to begin as soon as the family arrives.
The funeral pall may be used.
Following the recessional of the priest, the deceased, and the family, the assembly will be dismissed from the back pews to the front.
People are to go directly to their cars after Mass. No one is to linger in the gathering area.
Meals cannot be served in our parish hall.
Mass intentions are to be handled in the usual way.
Please do not attend Mass if you have any of the following symptoms of Covid-19:
If you are at risk or live with someone at risk for severe Covid-19.
If you are 65 years of age or older, in frail health, or have a chronic disease/condition such as chronic lung disease, severe asthma, a serious heart condition, a weakened immune system, diabetes , liver disease, severe obesity, or chronic kidney disease.
If you have been or may have been exposed to someone with Covid-19 in the last 14 days.
If your work puts you at high risk for exposure to Covid-19.