Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish 

All health and safety protocols, including mask-wearing, social distancing of at least 6-feet, and cleaning and sanitizing procedures must still be followed. As with previous directives, it will be up to individual pastors to determine their own safe reopening plans based on their particular spaces, resources, and staffing.

In addition, priests are encouraged to make arrangements to distribute the Body of Christ within the Mass (as opposed to the end of Mass if that has been the custom in the parish(es). The COVID restrictions of not offering the Blood of Christ and of not sharing the sign of peace remain unchanged.

The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass remains in effect in our diocese and throughout Pennsylvania. As such, those in vulnerable groups due to their health or age may make the decision to worship from home. 

Our Parish guidelines here at St. Andrew: 

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  All those who enter the Church for any reason (such as private Prayer, the Celebration of the Mass or Confession or other Sacraments), MUST WEAR A MASK, covering their nose and mouth.

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  PLEASE BE ATTENTIVE TO THE SEATING RESTRICTIONS, sitting only in pews that are not taped off and at least 6 feet from anyone else in the pew - the exception being that you can sit in closer proximity to the people you came with (i.e. spouses, family members, etc.)

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• PLEASE USE HAND SANITIZER upon entering the church.

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  There will be pews that will still be taped off, in order to help facilitate social distancing. 

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• Holy Communion will be distributed at the "Normal" time during Mass.

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  Please try your best to keep your mask on and keep social distancing at all times.

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• Even though we are now at 50% seating capacity, we will continue to follow our same precautionary guidelines as we have been observing.

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  If you would prefer to receive the Eucharist on the tongue, we ask that you wait until the very end to receive for sanitation purposes.

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