The Most Holy Trinity
Dear Parishioners,
Whenever I write these notes, I try to think a week ahead. It has been very tough to do that lately. Almost every day there is new information about how we are going to operate parishes in the days ahead. As I write to you today, we will be working toward opening up our church again. My hope would be that we can open as soon as we can, and our parish staff is working toward that end. But it is not as easy as throwing open the doors.
We will need to follow certain protocols. We will need to limit the number of people in church. We will need to have physical distance between worshippers (This will mean that we will have to limit the numbers of people that can attend Mass at one time). We will have to sterilize bathrooms after every use. The list of dos and don’ts is pages long. We probably will be delayed in having public worship on weekdays because starting June 8 the stained-glass window people will be back to do the last installation of windows. We will continue to have live streamed Mass and communion in the parking lot on weekdays until this important work is complete.
I would ask you, once again, to follow my homily notes each day. I will keep you up to date as things move forward. Sorry that things can’t be more definitive, but this is beyond my control.
May Our Lady and the Angels and Saints watch over you today,
Fr. Mark
P.S. I would like to thank the crew who put up the short fence about the parking lot at the corner of 15th Street and 16th Avenue. Alex McGehee provided helpers as did Tony Hodge. Don Lewis, Dave Coene, Jesus Vargas and Dick Curry also donated their time. All these parishioners were instrumental in getting this done. Thank them when you see them. We hope to be able to seed the lot soon.