{"id":4712,"date":"2020-03-19T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/churchofstpeter.org\/chsp\/?p=4712"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:43:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:43:21","slug":"march-19-2020-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/churchofstpeter.org\/chsp\/2020\/03\/march-19-2020-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Update March 19, 2020 at 10:30am"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

COVID-19 Pandemic Plan for the Churches of St. Peter &St. Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal<\/strong>:   To keep parishioners, staff, visitors and vendors safe. To avoid further pandemic spread. To continue to offer excellent programs and the sacraments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measures to be taken<\/strong>: Upon designation of a federal or state pandemic or\nsimilar designation placing Nicollet County in the affected area, our parishes\nwill execute the following control and mitigation steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.  Regarding Liturgies (Masses, Confession, Baptisms, Funerals)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Effective March 18 through March 31, Bishop\nLeVoir has canceled all daily and weekend Masses. He has suspended all daily\nand weekend Masses and dispensed from the Sunday Mass obligation.<\/li>
  2. When we are able to have public Mass<\/strong>\nagain, the following guidelines<\/strong> will be in place:<\/li>
  3. When coming into church please use the hand\nsanitizer<\/strong>.<\/li>
  4. No shaking\/holding hands<\/strong> at beginning of\nMass, at sign of peace, during Our Father, after Mass.<\/li>
  5. EMHC<\/strong> should sanitize their hands at the\ncredence table before distributing communion.<\/li>
  6. Holy water fonts<\/strong> will remain empty.<\/li>
  7. As much as possible maintain separation, 6 feet.<\/li>
  8. Stations of the Cross<\/strong> \u2013 Through March 31\nthere will be no parish celebration of the stations. People can pray the\nstations privately.<\/li>
  9. Eucharistic adoration <\/strong>on Thursday at St.\nPeter is CANCELLED through March 31.<\/li>
  10. Regular confession schedule<\/strong> of Thursday\nafternoon from 3:30 to 4:00pm and Saturday from 3:00 to 4:00pm will continue.<\/li>
  11. Funerals<\/strong>:<\/li>
  12. Funeral\nhome guidelines: After lots of questions today in our Mankato office from\nchurches and a ruling from the Winona catholic dioceses, we are going to the 10\nperson indoors for any viewing\/service. A larger family would all be allowed to\nview, just no more than 10 at a time. A graveside service, being outdoors,\ncould include all the family. Thank you for working with us as we work toward\nallowing families what they need to process a death while also keeping everyone\nas safe as possible through this.  Blake<\/li>
  13. Funeral\nMass \u2013 We need to follow Bishop LeVoir\u2019s policy of no public Masses through\nMarch 31. We would\/could have a burial in the cemetery and schedule a memorial\nfuneral Mass later.<\/li>
  14. Lunch\n\u2013 none for now in the social hall.<\/li>
  15. Bulletins<\/strong> \u2013 In both parishes, bulletins\nwill be on the table near the main entrance. There will also be a plastic tub\noutside near the main entrance with some bulletins in it at St. Peter and in\nthe box outside the doors at Nicollet. The bulletin is also on the parish\nwebsite.<\/li>
  16. Chapel<\/strong> (in St. Peter) \u2013 Narthex and\nchapel will be unlocked on Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Feel free\nto come in to pray. Please maintain social distance of 10 feet or more.<\/li>
  17. Church<\/strong> (in Nicollet) will be open on\nSunday from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Feel free to come in to pray. Please maintain\nsocial distance of 10 feet or more.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    B.  Faith Formation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Children\u2019s liturgy<\/strong> Sunday morning is\ncancelled.<\/li>
    2. Youth Faith Formation c<\/strong>lasses, events are\ncancelled as long as school is closed.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      C.  Pastoral Care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Home visits<\/strong> will cease, except in an\nemergency.<\/li>
      2. Care facilities<\/strong> will be consulted\nregularly to ensure that they are allowing word and communion services or Mass.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        D.  Maintenance and Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. Maintenance<\/strong> will see that cleaning of\ndoor handles, etc. are cleaned with a germicidal cleaning agent.<\/li>
        2. Parish staff<\/strong>:<\/li>
        3. Any staff member exhibiting signs of\nsickness\/illness will go home.<\/li>
        4. Some\nof the staff will be working from home. If you need to talk to them call the\nparish or email them and they will get in touch with you.<\/li>
        5. We\nare planning to have some of the staff in the office.<\/li>
        6. Communication with parishioners<\/strong>:<\/li>
        7. We\nwill have a regular communication with people via email, Facebook, and parish\nwebsite.<\/li>
        8. Parish\nbulletins<\/strong> \u2013 will be available by the main entry and in a plastic tub\noutside near the main entry for anyone stopping to pick it up after hours.<\/li>
        9. Contributions<\/strong> \u2013 our regular expenses will\ncontinue. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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