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ASH WEDNESDAY CHANGES/CAMBIOS DEL MIÉRCOLES DE CENIZAS
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Due to the COVID-19 protocols to keep everyone safe, the imposition of ashes will look different for 2021. The presider will sprinkle ashes on the top of the heads of parishioners. This is a practice that goes back centuries and is widely practiced in Europe. Tip: Be sure to bend over slightly when you approach the presider so that he may sprinkle the ashes for you. Reminder: Ash Wednesday is February 17 – the beginning of Lent.
Debido a los protocolos de COVID-19 para mantener a todos a salvo, la imposición de cenizas se verá diferente para el 2021. El celebrante esparcirá cenizas sobre la cima de las cabezas de los feligreses. Esta es una práctica que se remonta desde hace siglos y se practica actualmente en Europa. Consejo: asegúrese de inclinarse cuando se acerque al celebrante para que pueda esparcir las cenizas sobre su cabeza. Recordatorio: el Miércoles de ceniza es el 17 de febrero – el comienzo de la Cuaresma.
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Mandates from the COVID-19 Task Force and Bishop Walker Nickless
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Mass Attendance Obligation
December 2020
The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation remains in effect into the year 2021 until further notice.
This has been agreed upon by the bishops of the four Iowa dioceses, including our Metropolitan, Archbishop Jackels. The rationale behind this decision is based upon the decreased capacity of our churches due to the COVID-19 protocols.
The bishops are in agreement that an obligation that cannot be fulfilled (due to reduced church capacity) should not be imposed.Updated Mass Protocol -
La dispensación de la obligación de asistir a la Misa Dominical y a los Días Santos de Obligación sigue vigente en el año 2021 hasta nuevo aviso. Esto ha sido acordado por los obispos de las cuatro diócesis de Iowa, incluyendo nuestro el Arzobispo Metropolitano, Michael O. Jackels. El razonamiento de esta decisión se basa en la disminución de la capacidad de nuestras iglesias debido a los protocolos COVID-19. Los obispos están de acuerdo en que no se debe imponer una obligación que no pueda cumplirse (debido a la reducción de la capacidad de la iglesia).
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Nov. 12, 2020
- The Bishop and COVID Task Force (T.F.) MANDATE, due to the risk of heighted spread of COVID-19, that effective on Friday 11-20-2020 all school program activity involving music/singing is to be done virtually with no live audience until further notice.
- As there is no clear line of authority to make a definitive decision as it applies to school sports the Bishop & T.F. highly RECOMMEND that all audiences for school sports events be virtual in nature until further notice.
There will be no change to the current attendance and scheduling protocols for the following:- Weekend/Weekday Masses
- Sacrament of Reconciliation
- Weddings
- Funerals
- Adoration
- All Sacraments
MANDATE: All in-person parish group meetings/events (regardless of size) must go virtual effective 11-20-2020 until further notice.
Includes:- Religious Education Programs
- Board & Leadership Meetings
- Meetings in General
- KC Meetings @ Parish Facilities
- Women’s Guild
- Bible Study
- Adult Education
- RCIA
- Marriage Prep
- Baptism Prep
- Youth Groups
- Parish Facilities are closed to outside group meetings… Scouts, etc.
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With distancing and masks the following live events are approved- Private Meetings with one or two people
- Drive Through Fund Raisers – Dinners, Sold Products, etc.
- No Funeral Dinners
- No Receptions or Parties
- No Facility Rentals
- ETC.
- **Exception for when schools use parish facilities for lunches, education venues and more due to COVID Protocols
Mandate on Singing / Music during Liturgies: Effective 11-20-2020 until further notice- The use of cantors is prohibited with the exception of Liturgies on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
- No Singing of Mass Parts
- Recorded Music is not allowed during liturgies
- NO Congregational Singing
- Instrumental Music is allowed during Liturgies
- All parish and Central Catholic Office staff are to wear their masks when they leave their personal work area and are to constantly wear their masks when working in a common workspace with other co-workers.
Important reminder:
Liturgy duration should not exceed 30 minutes when at all possible.
Mandatos del Grupo de Trabajo COVID-19 y el obispo Walker Nickless-12 de noviembre del 2020
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