• STA staff and volunteers available to give direction, sanitize pews and monitor social distancing
• Masks are required
• Social distancing of 6 feet at all times
• Enter from the open Farmington Avenue doors; follow the signs to exit down the middle aisle through the Dover Road or the parking lot doors. Elevators will be available
• As you come in, you’ll be asked to sanitize your hands and take a colored post-it. Place the post-it on your pew and leave it when you exit. This will help our team to keep the church sanitized and safe
• One person per few is encouraged; families can sit together. Blue tape marks 6 feet between seats in pews

• Seniors (over 65) and all individuals with any respiratory or immune system challenges should remain at home.
• Individuals who have any respiratory disease, an elevated body temperature or any COVID-19 symptoms should remain at home.
• If a mask compromises your health or safety due to a medical condition, you should seriously consider remaining at home.

• For now, our daily mass will be limited to 50 people maximum.
• We will seat people on a first come, first served basis for Masses held on June 15, 16 and 17.  Once the 50-person capacity has been reached, no one else will be allowed to enter the church.
• Reservations for all Masses will be required beginning the week of June 22, 2020. You will be able to make reservations on our website www.stawh.org beginning on Thursday, June 18, 2020. All reservations are free. Please remember to bring your ticket with you to Mass. 

• Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
• Bring your own face mask. Face masks are required for Mass attendance and must be worn at all times while in church, and while entering and exiting the church except for when special rules apply for receiving Holy Communion (see below).
• Bring your own hand sanitizer to use before receiving Holy Communion.
• Do Not bring items that contain bleach into the church as this will damage the pews.

• Bring your own face mask. Face masks should be worn as soon as you exit your vehicle. Face masks are required for Mass attendance and must be worn at all times while in church, and while entering and exiting the church except for when special rules apply for receiving Holy Communion (see below).
• The church will be open at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the 12:10 Mass. You must enter the church from the Farmington Avenue entrance only. If you need to use the elevator to enter or exit please only use it if you are alone or with other family members.
• The church will be seated to fill the open pews from front to back.
• Some pews have been taped closed to ensure social distancing between pews. You may be sharing a pew with another household, but social distance is required between the households (6 feet). Families and those sheltering together may sit closer than 6 feet and should exercise care that they keep a 6-foot separation from other families or individuals in the same pew.
• Missalettes and Hymnals have been removed from the Church. If people print and bring anything to Church, they are also responsible for bringing them home with them after Mass. There will be no seating in the choir loft, or Church foyer. 
• The Holy water fonts remain empty.
• The bathroom in the upper church will be available for emergency use. 

• Communion will be distributed by clergy and parish staff only.
• Ushers will be on hand to assist you with seating and in receiving Holy Communion.
• Please keep your face mask on for the duration of Mass except for when you receive Holy Communion (see below).
• There is to be no physical contact between households at the Sign of Peace or hand holding during the Lord’s Prayer.
• Baskets will not be passed during the offertory. You will be able to place your weekly gift in a basket as you exit the church. You may also choose to mail your donation to the rectory or drop it into the rectory mail box at the rectory front door. We strongly encourage you to utilize online giving stawh.weshareonline.org. This is the safest and easiest way to support our church both for the giver as well as for the staff and volunteers who count the donations. 

• Holy Communion will be distributed in people’s hands. Gloves may not be worn for the reception of Holy Communion. The communicant’s hands should be open and flat to allow the Communion ministers to avoid touching the communicant’s hands.
• Communion ministers will thoroughly wash their hands prior to Mass, use hand sanitizer before distributing Holy Communion and will wash their hands after distributing Holy Communion.
• The precious blood will not be offered to the congregation.
• Use of personal hand sanitizer before communion is strongly encouraged.
• There will be a single communion line in the center of each main aisle. Ushers will be on hand to assist you.
• Masks should be worn in the communion line. After the priest offers you communion please step to the side, proceed at least 6 feet toward the side aisle before partially removing your mask, consume the Eucharist, and then re-mask as you head back to your pew by taking a side aisle.

• After the final blessing, parishioners must remain in their pew.
• Pews will be dismissed in an orderly fashion starting in the front of the church to the back of the church. This will be similar to how you exit an airplane.
• Please exit at the Dover Road exit or at the parking lot exit. The elevator will be available for anyone who needs it. Please use the elevator only if you are alone or with other family members.
• You must exit your pew when prompted unless you wish to stay to pray. The Church will be closed at 2 p.m. so that it can be thoroughly sanitized.
• Please bring home anything that you bring to Church to facilitate keeping the environment clean.
• You can drop your weekly offertory as you depart or mail your offering to the rectory, drop it into the mailbox at the rectory entrance or give online at stawh.weshareonline.org. 
• Please do not congregate outside the church but head directly to your vehicle. Once you enter your vehicle you may remove your mask.

• We will continue to implement cleanliness and sanitization practices, including cleaning pews after every Mass.
• We will also disinfect door handles, and other frequently touched surfaces occur throughout the day.
• Parish staff, ushers, and volunteers will be required to wear face masks when performing any functions in connection with Mass.
• You are reminded to follow CDC recommendations regarding your own health. If you fall into an “at risk” category, please stay home and watch mass online or on TV.

• We are not permitted to have live weekend Mass by the Archdiocese at this time. We will continue to record weekend Mass and make it available in our weekly newsletter and on our website www.stawh.org and on our Facebook page  www.facebook.com/stawh/