Mass Times & Directions

• Please come early – it will take a few moments to get parked and oriented.
• You will be greeted by an usher / attendant in a yellow vest who will give you a parish bulletin and direct you to the north end of the parking lot (between the church and rt. 22.)
• When you park your vehicle, please try to leave an empty space between you and the next car.
• There are two ways you can participate in the Mass: tune your car radio to FM 97.3 or bring your personal device and hear and watch the Mass live-streamed on our parish website. FM will reach only the north side or the parking lot or the area of the parking lot between the church and rectory.
• Please do not leave your car until communion for any reason other than an urgent situation. The bathrooms off the Msgr. Gobitas room will be open for those who need them.
• Be conscious that while you are in a parking lot, you are nonetheless at church. Please be reverent and respectful of those who are worshiping around you.
• Only those directly participating in the liturgy will be in the church.
• Holy Communion will be distributed by the priests and a deacon following the Mass. Please wait until you are called by an usher / attendant and follow the markings on the pavement for 6 ft. social distancing.
• The priest or deacon may take a moment between communicants to sanitize his hands if he feels that there has been any physical contact. Please be patient.
• There will be receptacles for your weekly offering located close to the communion stations. You may make your contribution after receiving communion.
• It is highly recommended that you receive communion in the hand with hands outstretched, one hand over the other. While communion on the tongue is permitted, it is deemed to be less hygienic.
• You may make your thanksgiving after communion in your car. Please exit the parking lot carefully, realizing that some people may still be moving toward the communion stations.
• It is imperative that there must be no gathering before or after the Mass.

Just a recap of our present status as we head into the “yellow phase":

1.)    There remains no obligation to attend Sunday Mass until further notice.  We encourage those who might be at high risk to continue to stay home and participate virtually through our live-streaming.

2.)    We will begin weekend “parking lot Masses” on the weekend of June 6 – 7.  Schedule: Saturday 5 PM, Sunday 9 AM and 11 AM.  These Masses will be live-streamed.  You will be able to view them on your devices or listen to them via FM radio in your cars. Tune into FM 97.3. Please remain in your vehicle until after Mass. The Eucharist will be distributed AFTER Mass.  You are asked not to leave your vehicle for any reason but to receive Holy Communion.

3.)   We will begin daily Mass on June 1. It will be offered in the main church.  Please wear a mask and observe distancing rules.  The mask of course can be removed as you receive communion.  We encourage you to bring your own hand sanitizer. Communion will take place after Mass.  Please do not congregate in the gathering space or anywhere else on church grounds!

4.)    Our individual confessions schedule will resume, beginning June 6.  We will be hearing confessions in both the chapel and the cry room so that social distancing can be observed.  Please wear a mask.  Also, please maintain distancing while waiting for confession.

5.)    Our Parish office remains closed.  Individual priests may still be contacted by phone. 610-253-3553. Msgr. Radocha ext. 319, Father John ext. 316, or Father Ezaki ext. 325. We want to be available to you!!

6.)   Church doors will continue to be open at 12 Noon and closed at 3 PM every day.

7.)   Funerals, Weddings and Baptisms may be celebrated, but with the same rules in place as daily Masses.

8.)  Please know that we continue to pray for you!  Follow the protocols for hand-handwashing, sanitizing and safe distancing!  Have as little physical contact with others as possible!  Please be safe!!!!

Also - We offer our gratitude to those who continue to drop off contributions or send via mail, or who contribute electronically through our parish website. (Just hit "Donate" and follow the directions.)  We continue to need your contributions for the day-to-day operation of the parish! I know that many of you have been affected at this time.  But I do ask that please be generous, as it is especially needed at this time!

Procedures for Daily Mass:

We will resume celebrating daily Mass with a congregation beginning Monday, June 1.
All daily Masses will be celebrated in the main church so that we can maintain the possibility of proper social distancing.

1.)    Please wear a mask.  The Church is a public place.

2.)    There will be some hand sanitizer available in the rear of the church.  We strongly recommend, however, that you bring your own hand sanitizer so as to avoid contagion from the pump bottles.

3.)    To maintain social distancing, every 2^nd and 3^rd pews have been roped off.  While families and married couples may sit together, please do not sit closer than 6 feet to the person next to you.

4.)    Please try to sit in the center section if possible.

5.)    Holy Communion will be distributed after Mass.  When the priest calls you forward, please maintain proper distancing in the center aisle.

6.)    Please do not remove your mask until ready to receive Holy Communion.  We strongly encourage that you receive communion in the hand as a sanitary measure.  Communion on the tongue is permitted.

7.)    The priest will have a bottle of hand sanitizer next to him.  He may sanitize his hands between communicants if he feels it is necessary.

8.)    After receiving communion, you may return to the church to make your thanksgiving after communion, or you may do this privately in your car before leaving.

9.)    Please be conscious that after each Mass or any other gathering, the church needs to be sanitized.  We ask that you be considerate to the person doing this work by exiting the church soon after Mass.  Kindly do not leave anything in the pews or gathering area.  Please do not congregate with anyone on church grounds after Mass.  This would violate CDC guidelines. 

Thank you for your consideration.  Please be safe!  Please be respectful!

My Dear Parishioners,

This weekend we are celebrating the great feast of Pentecost.  Once again, we hear the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit: “Suddenly from up in the sky there came a noise like a strong, driving wind which was heard all through the house where they were seated. Tongues as of fire appeared which parted and came to rest on each of them. All were filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to express themselves in foreign tongues and make bold proclamation as the Spirit prompted them.”  (Acts 2, 2-4.)

The story of Pentecost, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, chronicles what we sometimes refer to as the “birthday of the Church.”  It was at that moment that the hearts of individuals were filled with the fire of God’s love, and together they came together as a community to bear witness to the salvation Jesus brought to us through his saving death and Resurrection. It was the beginning of the Church. In fact, in the Holy Spirit, we are alive both as individual Christians and also as a Church.

The gift of the Holy Spirit has been given to the Church so that we might persevere in unity and common purpose. The Spirit is a guiding presence to our Church and a power within us, enabling us to live our faith in a way that testifies to the death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus.  We are reminded on this day of what a difference the presence of the Holy Spirit made in the life of the early Church.  Because of the presence of the Spirit, the Church truly became a light for the nations, drawing all to the transforming love of God.

As our church and our world begin to recover from this first phase of our COVID-19 quarantine, may we pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in our individual lives and in the life of our parish and our Church! Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to renew our Catholic Church, purifying us and making us closer to the Lord. Let us ask God that as a people, we may allow God’s Spirit to guide us, animate us and keep us in his truth.  May God’s Holy Spirit direct us in all truth and wisdom so that we might be the people we are called to be!

Sincerely yours,

Msgr. Radocha