As you may already be aware, last weekend Governor Andrew Cuomo permitted upstate churches in Phase Two of Reopening to hold Mass with up to 25% capacity of the faithful present. As a faith community, we are heartened to hear that we will once again be allowed to worship together. We take our responsibility very seriously to provide our staff and parishioners a safe and clean environment in which to gather. As such, we will continue to stream the Mass online on our YouTube Channel, OLQPSTM.
The staff at OLQP & STM is working hard to make changes to protocols and the physical environment, purchasing sanitization equipment and cleaning products, scheduling liturgical ministers and volunteers, researching audio-visual equipment options to continue to provide online Masses with the faithful present. Bishop Matano’s dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass is still in place for the foreseeable future as the prevalence and risk of the Coronavirus in our communities still remains high.
Masses with a congregation will resume again on Monday, June 15th at our parishes with the new schedule that follows:
New Mass Schedule
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
7:00 am OLQP
8:00 am STM
7:00 am OLQP
8:00 am STM
8:00 am STM
- - - - -
9:00 am OLQP
11:00 am STM
The church office at STM will be open for drop-in visits on Mondays from 8:00 am - 11:00 am. The church at STM will be available for prayer at this time as well. The church office at OLQP will be open for drop-in visits on Wednesdays from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. The church at OLQP will be available for prayer at this time as well. All other visits must be made by appointment by calling the parish office, or via e-mail to our parish administrative assistant, Robin Levy at
[email protected]. Also, if you are a lector, please let Robin know your willingness and availability.
As we look forward to worshipping together in the very near future, we want you to know that a lot of work is taking place behind the scenes in order to make that a reality, one which is as safely and thoughtfully executed as possible.