OUR PARISH CHURCHES REMAIN OPEN

 DURING THIS CURRENT LOCKDOWN

 As per the latest Government Guidelines both our Parish Churches are allowed to remain open for Mass.  However, as a community, we must all do our bit to ensure that we are keeping each other safe.  We can do this by making sure that we are familiar with the rules that have been set:

•  Please sanitise your hands on arrival and when leaving church.
•  Please wear a face covering when in church, ensuring your nose and mouth are covered.
•  Please sit where the stewards direct you, and remain in that seat throughout the service.
•  Please do not kneel as this reduces the distance to the person in front of you.
•  Please stand and sit at the same time as the congregation to maintain distancing to the person in front of you.
•  At communion, please maintain a single file and keep distanced from the person in front of you.
•  Approach the minister with your mask on and arms outstretched, receiving the host in your hand.
•  Move away from the minister and slip your mask open and place the host in your mouth.
•  Replace you mask and leave church, please do not return to a seat, or stand at the back of church.
•  Please do not mingle outside church, but leave the premises promptly.

It is appreciated that some of these requested may cause concern for some people, but our aim is to ensure that as far as possible our activities do not contribute to the spread of the virus. We do not know who has the virus, we must act as thought we all have it and behave in a manner which seeks to protect others in our group.

 Thank you for your co-operation & understanding.

Our Parish Priest is Canon Stephen Coonan and our Deacon is Reverend Jeff Telford.

Reverend Jeff Telford