1. Self-evaluate your health before coming to Mass
   Do not come to Mass if you feel unwell or have felt unwell in the past 14 days, even if you think it is only allergies. If you develop any of these symptoms please stay home. 
   
   
2. Social distancing required
   Each person must remain 6 feet away in all directions from others not in the same household.
   
   
3. Face masks required
   Face masks are required for all over the age of two.

1. Safety and Hygiene in Our Worship Spaces:

FOLLOW BEST HYGIENIC PRACTICES.

• We require you to wear a face mask at our church.
• Please use the provided hand sanitizer found at all entries as you enter the church.

WE WILL BE DILIGENT IN ENSURING OUR CHURCH IS SANITIZED.

• High use areas in the church will be wiped down with disinfectant before and after each liturgy--especially pews, chairs, ambos, handrails, doorknobs, and push plates.
• Restroom will be sanitized after each liturgy and at other regular intervals.
• Hymnals, missalettes, and other commonly held items (e.g. children’s toys) will be removed from the church during the pandemic.
• Altar vessels will continue to be washed after each Mass in hot soapy water.

WE WILL BE WELL-PREPARED.

• We have a plan in place to ensure all staff and volunteers are thoroughly trained for their new responsibilities.
• We have a plan in place to ensure we have enough hand sanitizer and cleaning supplies in stock.
• We have a plan and technology in place to ensure we can continue live streaming our Masses.

2. Social Distancing: 

EACH PERSON MUST REMAIN 6 FEET AWAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM OTHERS NOT IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.

• We have closed every other pew to ensure that households can social distance from one another. 
• Ushers will help guide households to pews and enforce social distancing.

3. Celebrating the Liturgy: 

HYGIENIC PREPARATION FOR LITURGIES:

• Priests, deacons, and all liturgical ministers will wear face masks and use hand sanitizer before, during, and after Mass.
• The bread and wine will be kept from public areas (brought to the altar from the credence table). 
• We will consecrate enough hosts for all the faithful. The priest will consecrate and consume a small presider host. Other hosts on the altar will be kept distant on a corporal to minimize his breathing on them.

MEASURES TO ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING BETWEEN PRIEST AND MINISTERS DURING LITURGIES:

• We will create distance between the Presider’s Chair and other seats in the sanctuary.
• Liturgical ministers in the sanctuary will remain more than 6 feet apart and will wear face masks when distributing Communion.
• The lector will sit in the chair furthest from the presider.
• The cantor will proclaim the psalm from cantor mic (not the ambo).

ADJUSTMENTS TO NOTE:

• The opening announcement will include helpful reminders with clear procedures and expectations. 
• We will have a socially-distanced Sign of Peace. You may bow or wave to those not in your household. 
• Collection baskets will be placed at exits, rather than passed during the offertory. When arriving or leaving, you may make your deposit into baskets.

HOLY COMMUNION:

• The priest or Eucharistic Minister will apply hand sanitizer before distribution and will be wearing a face mask.
• Please remain standing in your pew and wait for Communion to be brought to you. After you have received, you may kneel. 
  

DAILY MASSES:

• Daily Masses will be celebrated in the main body of the church.
  
• Protocols for check in, seating, and distribution of Holy Communion will be the same as the weekend Mass protocols listed above.

As part of our ongoing commitment to each other's safety, we ask that, if you test positive for COVID-19 within 10 days of having attended mass or otherwise been on the STM campus, you notify our COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Administrator, Carol Arend, at carend@morecommunity.org or call the parish office. Our Plan Administrator will take steps to notify other community members who may have been exposed, while guarding confidentiality to the extent possible. If you are notified that you have been exposed, please follow the current CDC Public Health Guidance for Community-Related Exposure.