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Mass Has Resumed. What Is Different?
- Everyone is REQUIRED to wear face-coverings, per the Pinellas County Ordinance. All Eucharistic Ministers will wear face-coverings while distributing Holy Communion.
- Please use the hand-sanitizer provided as you enter and exit.
- No holy water, but you can still make the sign of the cross as you enter.
- The collection basket will not be passed during the offertory. Please drop your offering in one of the baskets provided.
- The Sign of Peace will be omitted.
- Holy Communion will be distributed as the Sacred Host only in the hands. No Precious Blood will be offered.
- No hymnals in the pews, but the words to the songs will be up on the monitors. There will be music but no full choir.
- The church will be sanitized between Masses.
- We have installed REME Halo LED air-purifiers in our air-handlers in the church and parish office. These units make normal filtration much more efficient as well as disinfect the air from mold, VOCs, and viruses.
- Please stay home if you have a cough or fever, or aren't feeling well.
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Bishop Parkes: Dispensation of the Mass Obligation Continues
Bishop Parkes has continued the dispensation of the Sunday Mass Obligation until further notice, and he encourages you to make individual decisions about when your household can safely return to the public celebrations of the Mass. Bishop Parkes writes, "No one should feel guilty for protecting their health or that of their loved ones." For more information, please watch Bishop Parke's video below on "Sunday Mass Obligation."
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