Mass Times & Directions

Procedures for Sunday Mass:

We will resume celebrating Sunday Mass with a congregation in church beginning the weekend of July 4-5.  It is important that we all maintain proper social distancing. Until further notice, we will preserve the schedule of Saturday Evening Mass at 5:00.  Sunday Masses will be celebrated at 9 AM and 11 AM.  These times have been chosen so that there is adequate time to sanitize the Church for the next group of people.

1.)    Please wear a mask.  The Church is a public place. Kindly arrive shortly before Mass begins.  Time will be needed to sanitize pews before Mass. Please enter through the doors which will be propped open.  In this way you can avoid contact with door handles.

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 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.

4.)    Please use discretion in respecting other people’s boundaries and do not come closer than the recommended six feet.

5.)  Please take a parish bulletin on your way into Church.  Hymnals have been removed from the pews for safety sake.  The words of the hymns and other worship aids will be included in our parish bulletins.  Please take your bulletins home with you and do not leave them in the pew.

6.)    Holy Communion will be distributed after Mass.  The priest and deacon will distribute communion from the rear of the church.  After receiving communion, please do not return to the church.  The church will need to be sanitized before the next group of people arrive.

7.)    Please do not remove your mask until just 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.

8.)    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.

9.)    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.

10.)    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.  This would violate CDC guidelines. 

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

Just a recap of our present status:

1.)   Sunday Mass with congregation begins the weekend of July 4-5.  We will continue to celebrate Mass on Saturday evening at 5 and also Sunday at 9 AM and 11 AM.  Please wear a mask and observe distancing of six feet.  Kindly view “Procedures for Sunday Mass” on this website.

2.)   We began daily Mass with a congregation on June 1. It is being offered in the main church.  Please wear a mask and observe distancing rules.

3.)    Our individual confessions schedule has been resumed:  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.  Please wear a mask.  Also, please maintain distancing while waiting for confession.

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

5.)) Our Parish office re-opens July 1.  Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. Our reception area will be limited to one at a time.

6.)  Individual priests may still be contacted by phone. 610-253-3553. Msgr. Radocha ext. 319, Father John ext. 316, or Father Ezaki ext. 325.

7.) All meetings of parish groups have been suspended.  This is likely to continue for the near future.

8.) The Church can be accessed through the parish office for individual prayer.  Office hours are weekdays 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.

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

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

11.)    There remains no obligation to attend Sunday Mass.  We will continue to live-stream 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 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.