Worship

From John Riehle, Pastoral Administrator, 11 am, May 24, 2020, as announced at the end of our Sunday morning broadcast of Mass. We are living in an uncertain time. We have received much information in the past 48 hours; much of it conflicts with other information. I talked with Fr. Steve; the Liturgy Committee talked about this for an hour on Friday afternoon. We are all in consensus of the calendar we will observe at St. Matt’s. We will begin having “public Masses” here at Saint Matthew on July 18 and 19. Until that time we will continue to broadcast the Mass on Sunday mornings at … [Read more...] about Worshiping together again: 5-24-2020 update

The Archdiocese has sent pages of guidelines that should be followed as everyone is invited back to worship together. We will wait until an announcement by Governor Walz and then the Liturgy Committee will meet [on Zoom] to decide what we will do in order to allow folks back “into the Church.” It will certainly involve “social distancing;” it may involve the wearing of masks; there will probably be no congregational singing [singing and speaking can spread the virus very easily]; we will not use hymnals and there will be no water in the holy water fonts. We will suspend daily Masses until we … [Read more...] about Worshiping together again: 5-20-2020 update

The Archdiocese has sent pages of guidelines that should be followed as everyone is invited back to worship together. We will wait until an announcement by Governor Walz and then the Liturgy Committee will join me [on Zoom] to decide what we will do in order to allow folks back “into the Church.” It will certainly involve “social distancing;” it may involve the wearing of masks; there will probably be no congregational singing [singing and speaking can spread the virus very easily]; we will not use hymnals and there will be no water in the holy water fonts. We will try to communicate, before … [Read more...] about Worshiping together again: 5-16-2020 Update

We appreciate all those who have been able to participate, though remotely, in the Sunday Masses these past weekends. We invite those who are watching the liturgies of the Triduum to participate from their homes. For Holy Thursday [7:00pm] we invite people to have a basin, a pitcher of water and a towel. For Good Friday [3:00pm] we invite people to have a cross. For Holy Saturday [7:00pm] we invite people to have a candle that can be lit. Mass for Easter Sunday will be broadcast at 10:15am. Mass broadcasts available here: St. Matthew's on Facebook – … [Read more...] about How to participate more fully in Holy Week services from home – April, 2020