Mass!

[wildeabandon]

I am in general quite concerned about the impact of the changes to restrictions on the 4th of July, and despite my overwhelming foodieness you won't be catching me inside a restaurant any time soon.

But this afternoon the standing committee met to work out the logistics of how to celebrate Mass together as safely as possible, and I am very very excited about getting this part of my life back.

Comments

[ludy]

Yay!
I know singing being forbidden will be a bigger issue for traditions like the URC that i strongly build around congreational singing and hymnody. So i was wondering if you have clear guidance about the impact of congreational speech responses which are obviously more of a thing in your tradition?

minor edit - one day i will learn to spell tradition right first time!

[sfred]

I hope this works out well. <3

[verazea]

:)

[zz]

i imagine the first one back will be a critical mass.

[ewt]

Alleluia!

[ewt]

Also, according to this article which I trust, I think the single most important thing might be to open all the doors and windows:

https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them

At St John's it should be possible to have considerable ventilation, if we open all the doors and also the windows up at the top of the building.

(I don't trust the government guidelines to be sufficiently safe, and I wasn't sure if any of you had seen that article or things like it.)

[hairyears]

I hope this works.

What are your 'stop lights' for it - what level of infection in the local population, what level of elevated risk (age, health conditions) in the congregation?

Would be doing this differently in a former mining or quarrying village with high levels of lung disease in the population?

What risk reporting (household members infected?) has been agreed in the congregation?