Most Holy Name of Jesus 

COVID-19 updates from Bishop Coyne and the Diocese of Burlington

Attendance: Our Church is open and allowed 50% capacity for worship, so long as the 6 feet between individuals can be maintained; those who are from the same household do not need to keep social distance with each other.  

Choirs: For Mass, one cantor and one musician is all that is allowed for now.  We are asked not to gather to socialize in Church before or after Mass, or to congregate in small spaces like choir lofts. 

Facial Coverings: While entering and leaving Church buildings, people are asked to wear facial coverings.  While at Mass, Bishop Coyne has encouraged people to wear facial coverings out of charity for those who may be health compromised or caring for someone in their home who is in the high risk population.  

• Please also note that there are exemptions listed by the VT Department of Health that may apply to some parishioners you see at Mass without a facial covering:

  • Children under the age of 2

  • Anyone who has trouble breathing

  • Anyone who cannot put on or take off their mask without assistance

  • Anyone who has a medical or behavioral reason for not wearing a mask

    • If you have a medical or developmental condition, or have trouble breathing, you do not have to show evidence or documentation of your condition. 

Holy Communion: Holy Communion is distributed on the hand, with one palm crossed over the other.  Those wishing to receive communion on the tongue, please come to the altar after the priest has distributed communion to the rest of the congregation so that he may keep the sanitary protocols. 

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  Bishop Coyne has lifted the obligation to attend Sunday Mass UNTIL there is a vaccine available.  Please remember that we are a congregation that includes members who fall into the ‘high risk’ category, either because of age or personal health conditions.  Please be prudent when deciding if and when you are ready to return to public Mass.