FINALLY….! Having successfully completed the required small gathering prayer times last weekend, we’re now able to open for weekend masses on June 27 and 28: Saturday at 5:15 and Sunday at 8:00 & 10:30. After reading the fine print in the latest directives, I realized that we don’t have to begin with a maximum attendance of 50 but can go directly to the larger maximum number of 15% to 20% of church capacity which, given our pew configuration, needs to remain at 15% to maintain social distancing; that means that we can accommodate 135 parishioners at each of those masses. Unfortunately, that allows for only about 65% of our average weekend attendance...READ MORE>