Saturday, July 4th Mass Worship Aid

Sunday, July 5th Mass Worship Aid


The Parish Office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd.

We have resumed our normal Mass schedule.

Sign-up for Sunday Mass at St. Mathias is required, and recommended for Saturday and Sunday Masses at St. Andrew's. Please contact the office before noon on Thursdays to request a seat. 

All the faithful remain dispensed from attending Mass for the foreseeable future and we will continue live-streaming Masses. In other words, no one is obligated to come to Mass.

If you are attending Mass we invite you to wear a mask, we require everyone to maintain social distancing, and please be aware that the distribution of Holy Communion will be after the final blessing of Mass.  You are free to depart without receiving Communion - you can exit the building when your pew files out for the Communion line - or you are free to receive. 

Also, if you are aware of someone who did NOT receive communication from us about the opportunity to sign up for Mass, PLEASE let them know to email or call our parish office.  Staff spent nearly 30 hours calling all the phone numbers on our parish phone list to reach everyone we possibly could. If a person was not called, it was not for lack of trying. 

Also, after this weekend we will assess whether we can or should provide music at all of our weekend Masses. Remember, we are NOT allowed to have congregational singing. 

In all of this, we have had a matter of days to organize after we learned we were allowed to have public Masses again. I would like to thank our very dedicated staff that has been working more than overtime. We ask your patience in this difficult time.  

More than all that, pray for peace in our state and in our world. The Rosary is a powerful spiritual weapon to repel the tactics of Satan and to convert our hearts toward peace and true justice. And I hope that our prayers, united to the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus through the Mass, the source of reconciliation, will bear the fruit of peace. 

In Christ's Peace,

Fr. Daniel Weiske

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Who should come to Mass? 

Due to social distance requirements, we can only seat a portion of the capacity of our church.  We will seat using social distancing guidelines with six feet in between each household.  For weekend Masses, we will use a sign-up procedure. Please contact the parish office if you have not received information about how to sign up. 

You are not obligated to attend Mass. You simply need to keep holy the Lord’s Day by praying the Mass online/TV, making a spiritual communion, or spending time in other forms of prayer. We will be livestreaming Masses from St. Andrew’s. We will record and post our Masses from St. Mathias, due to internet limitations at that location. 

The diocese strongly encourages those over 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions to stay home and avoid public gatherings, including church.  

Do not come to church if you are sick, coughing, are experiencing a sore throat, fever, shortness of breath, if you have been exposed to a sick person, or if you are caring for someone who is sick.  

What should I do before I come to Mass? 

Please self-screen before leaving your home. Ask yourself “Am I feeling well?” and “Do I have a cough?” You might take your temperature. If it exceeds 100° F, please stay home.  

We highly encourage you to bring and properly wear your own face covering (mask) following the guidelines established by the CDC. The Minnesota Bishops strongly encourage everyone who enters the church to wear a mask. Masks helps protect you and keep you from spreading an illness you do not know you have yet. Masks cannot be placed on children under 2 years of age. 

What can I expect when I arrive? 

Please come early, enter through the main entrance off the parking lot, moving through the Social Hall to the Church. Be aware of others as you enter, exit, and move about the church. Social distance from others. Clean your hands with sanitizer as you come in. Please do not socialize while in the church building. 

At St. Andrew's: The door by the Sacristy will be open for those who are disabled and need to sit in the upper aisle.   NOTE: The Willow Street doors will be locked until further notice. Entry via these doors is restricted. However, you can exit them in an emergency. 

At St. Mathias: Both sets of Doors will be open.

Restrooms will be available for use. We ask that one person or family enter and use them at a time. Spray sanitizer will be available, and hand washing guidelines are posted.  

What should I bring?  

Masks are recommended, but not required. Hand sanitizer is available at the Church, but you are welcome to bring your own. All hymnals and missalettes have been removed from the pews. You may wish to bring a worship aid such as a Magnificat. 

What will change with the Mass? 

The essential qualities of the Mass will remain the same, but there will be adjustments. Since singing is the fastest way to spread the virus, there will be no congregational singing at this time.   

Collection baskets will be place at the entrances of the churches for you to use as you enter. Electronic giving is also available (https://www.blccsouth.org/giving)  

Will I be able to receive Communion?  

Holy Communion will be distributed after the final blessing. Those who wish to receive will process up the center aisle, keeping social distancing. As you leave the pew, those who wish to receive Communion will process to the front, but those who wish to leave without receiving Communion may depart immediately by exiting to the back of the church via the center aisle. Practice social distancing as you leave. 

Those who process forward for Communion pull down their mask, remove any gloves, sanitize their hands, and step forward to receive. All other communicants will follow.  After receiving, return to your pew for prayer and reflection or exit via the side aisle. 

For those who return to the pews, there will be a prayer and a blessing for all who have received Holy Communion. 

We are returning to our pre-Covid-19 Mass schedule and will assess any needed changes over the next couple of weeks.  

God bless! 

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