Mass Times & Directions

Just a recap of our present status:

1.)   Sunday Masses: Saturday evening 5 PM.  Sunday – 8 PM, 10 PM, 12 Noon.  Please wear facial coverings and observe social distancing for both weekend and daily Masses.

2.) Confessions:  Saturdays 3:45 -4:45 PM and Wednesday evenings 8 – 9. We will be hearing confessions in both the chapel and the cry room so that social distancing can be observed.

3.) Only priests and deacons are permitted to bring communion to the sick, the dying and the homebound.

4.) Our Parish office:  Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. Our reception area will be limited to one at a time. Office hours are weekdays 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.

5.) We encourage parish groups to meet virtually.

6.) The Church can be accessed through the parish office for individual prayer.

7.)   Funerals, Weddings and Baptisms: the same rules in place as for daily and weekend Masses.

8.)    Until further notice, there remains no obligation to attend Sunday Mass.  We will continue record one parish Mass each weekend for those who feel they may be at risk and who choose to remain home.

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 you please be generous, as it is especially needed at this time!

Procedures for Sunday Mass:

1.)    Please wear a facial covering and practice social distancing.  Kindly arrive shortly before Mass begins.  Time will be needed to sanitize pews before Mass.

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

3.)  Please take a parish bulletin on your way into Church.  The words of the hymns and other worship aids are included there.  Please take your bulletins home with you.

4.)    Holy Communion will be distributed after Mass from the rear of the church.  After receiving communion, please go directly to your car.  The church will need to be sanitized before the next group of people arrive.

5.)    We strongly encourage that you receive communion in the hand as a sanitary measure.  Communion on the tongue is permitted.

6.)    The priest will have a bottle of hand sanitizer next to him.  He will sanitize his hands between communicants if there is physical contact or if the person receives on the tongue.

7.)    We strongly recommend taking a few minutes after returning to your cars to make a thanksgiving after communion.   Prayers will be printed in the parish bulletin.

8.)    Please be conscious that after each Mass or any other gathering, the church needs to be sanitized.  We ask that you be considerate to people doing this work by exiting the church immediately after Mass.  Kindly do not leave anything in the pews or gathering area.  Please do not congregate with anyone on church grounds after Mass. 

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

Procedures for Daily Mass:

We have now been celebrating daily Mass with a congregation since June 1.  Our schedule for daily Mass is 6:30 and 8:15 AM on weekdays and 9 AM Saturday.
All daily Masses are being 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 other pew has 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. This minimizes the area that needs to be sanitized after Mass.

5.)    Holy Communion will be distributed after Mass.  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 hygienic measure.  Communion on the tongue is permitted, though it is deemed less sanitary.

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. Please do not linger so that those who are disinfecting the pews can do their work.

9.)    Kindly 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 either in church on church grounds after Mass. 

While these do not replace actual attendance at Mass, they can help your family pray together and stay connected to the universal Church:

Visit the St. Jane Parish homepage to view the most current recorded Mass at St. Jane Church

Bishop Alfred Schlert Daily Mass - Bishop Alfred Schlert will celebrate daily Mass for the faithful from his private chapel, and it will be live streamed on AD Today. https://www.ad-today.com/

• Everyone is invited to “join” the Bishop every day on their phones, tablets and computers, and pray along during this time of uncertainty. The Mass will be at 8 a.m. from Monday through Saturday, and at 10 a.m. on Sundays.
• To watch the live Mass online, go to the homepage and click the “Join Here” button at the top. If you miss the livestream, you can watch the archived Mass later in the day on the Diocese’s YouTube channel by clicking on the “Most Recent Mass” button after you click “Join Here”.

Bishop Barron Chapel Daily Mass: https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/

National Shrine: http://www.catholictv.org/masses/national-shrine-mass

St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York: https://saintpatrickscathedral.org/live

Catholic TV: http://www.catholictv.org/masses

If you prefer an online option from a Diocese of Allentown church, you may want to tune in to live Masses from St. John XXIII Church in Tamaqua. The parish live streams its Masses on its website, www.sj23tamaqua.org and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/sj23tamaqua/videos/. The times are 4 p.m. Saturdays and on Sundays at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

EWTN, the network with Catholic-themed programming, televises two live Masses each Sunday at 8 a.m. and 12 noon. Below are the channel numbers for EWTN on cable services in the Diocese:

Service Electric Lehigh Valley: Channel 18

RCN in the Lehigh Valley: Channel 326

Xfinity in Berks County: Channel 52

Blue Ridge Cable in Carbon County: Channel 42

Service Electric in Schuylkill County: Channel 21

https://www.ewtn.com/

In addition to the online Masses already shared here is a site that lists many of them by day: https://mass-online.org/daily-holy-mass-live-online/

Philly Masses Live streamed - https://catholicphilly.com/2020/03/news/local-news/find-a-mass-livestreamed/

Daily Mass Readings & Reflections: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/

Magnificat is making its online version temporarily available to everyone free at this link: www.magnificat.com/free

Magnifikid is a great resource to learn and follow along with the Mass for children.  It is free online at this time: https://us.magnificat.net/flipbook/KID/sample/2/

Daily Gospel and Reading a 30-second reflection (it's free!): https://dailycatholicgospel.com/sign-up-daily-gospel

It has long been a Catholic understanding that when circumstances prevent one from receiving Holy Communion, it is possible to make an Act of Spiritual Communion, which is a source of grace.

Spiritual Communion is an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament and lovingly embrace him at a time or in circumstances when one cannot receive Him in sacramental Communion.

The most common reason for making an Act of Spiritual Communion is when a person cannot attend Mass.

Acts of Spiritual Communion increase our desire to receive sacramental Communion and help us avoid the sins that would make us unable to receive Holy Communion worthily.

Spiritual Communion Prayer

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,

Come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace you as if you were already there

And unite myself wholly to you. 

Never permit me to be separated from you.

Amen.