Vigil for the Second Sunday of Advent
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About this Event
Due to social distancing, we can only fit 26 households in the church for Mass so for weekend Masses only people will need to book a seat. To book your Mass, click here and then click on the date that you would like. Bookings can be made from 9.30am on Monday mornings and close on Thursday afternoon @ 3pm, to allow admin to be completed.
If you are not sure about using Eventbrite, please ring the office number between 9 and 4 on Tues or Thurs and your booking will be made with you.
One person in each bubble can make the booking but we need to know how many of you are coming.
There is no expectation that you should come to Sunday Mass so please do stay at home until you are comfortable to return to the church building.
What to expect when you come to Mass: Please arrive early as it will take longer to get into church with allocated seating.
Entry to the church is through the double doors next to the Cenacle. Scan the QR code if you have the app on your phone.
Exit is through the doors opposite the main body of the church.
Sanitise hands on the way in.
Adults and children in Y7 or above must wear masks.
You must stay 1m+ apart, even when coming forward for communion. Stewards will guide you so please listen to them. You may need to walk the long way round to get to communion. Please don’t slide along the pews to reach the central aisle. There will be no singing, offertory procession, water in the stoups, physical sign of peace or extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist.
At all Masses Holy Communion will be distributed in the following way. At the appropriate time, Father Patrick will raise the ciborium and proclaim 'The Body of Christ'. Everybody answers Amen together. Fr Patrick will then sanitise his hands, put on a mask and will stand on the step on front of the altar. Communicants, following the guidance of the stewards, will come up the central aisle one by one, will guard a social distance , will stretch forward their hands into which the host will be placed, will lift their mask and receive, and then with dignity and composure follow the ONE-WAY indicators back to their pews.
Please sit down at the end of Mass and wait for the stewards to guide you out so that there is minimum movement past people from a different household. Thank you.