St. Kilian Parish

WEEKEND MASSES:
Saturday: 5pm, 6:30pm in Spanish

Sunday:  7am, 8am, 9:30am 11:00am and 12:30pm

Confessions: 4pm Saturdays; 1 pm on Mondays (except holidays) in the Church. 

DAILY MASSES:
All Masses are now back in the Church. Weekday Masses  -Monday through Friday: 7am & 9am; Saturday Mass is at 8am.  No 7am Mass on holidays

Masks and social distancing are required in the Church.
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17 May 2021

My dear fellow Parishioners,

It is good to see more and more people coming back to Church and our pews being occupied more fully instead of emptiness.
 
As I wrote in my letter to the parish entitled “What’s the Plan?” I stated that we would consider reopening the ministries of Lector and Extraordinary Ministers when the Suffolk County Seven-Day Covid-19 Positivity Rate was below 3.0 %.  Thanks be to God, as of this writing, 17 May, the Suffolk County Rate is only 1.0 %! What great hopeful news! 

The diocese has also told all of us Pastors that we can begin to restart the Liturgical Ministries in our parishes and take down the blue tape on the pews, on a date of our choosing, as long as it is after 19 May. I have decided, for now, to begin reopening the Liturgical Ministries of Lector and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and take down the blue tape here at St. Kilian’s beginning on 01 June.  Finally, we are getting back to some sense of normalcy! 

We still need to be vigilant and continue to follow strict Covid-19 protocols in resuming ministries! For now, I am only inviting those who are fully vaccinated to resume the ministries of Lector and Extraordinary Ministers of Communion.

For Lectors, we start with only one Lector per weekend Mass, who will be proclaiming both readings. Lectors will not wear masks when proclaiming the Word.

For Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion,  we will only be using enough Ministers to distribute the Sacred Host. We will not be bringing back the Chalice with the Precious Blood for distribution to the people. In the best interest of continued safety for our parish family, our clergy and our Ministers, all EMHC’s will sanitize their hands when they come up to the Altar and will wear masks while distributing the Eucharist.

For the requirement of wearing masks in church, the Governor of NYS has made mask wearing optional for the fully vaccinated beginning on 19 May.   Please note that we will require masks to be worn in St. Kilian Church until 01 June.   After 01 June, the option to wear a mask or not, is yours.   People who are immunocomprised or are unvaccinated should continue to wear masks and practice social distancing.  

Let’s continue to do everything we can to stay safe and keep the infection rate down and heading to zero!

Let us pray for one another!
Msgr. Rowan