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Church Address:
1620 Hanford Rd.
Graham, NC 27253

Parish Office
Number & Address
336-226-8796
408 W. Davis St. 
Burlington, NC 27215

Mailing Address:
PO Box 619
Burlington, NC 27216

Would you like to become Catholic?Talk to someone in our RCIA program.
(Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults)
James Lachance:
 james@blessedsacramentnc.org
Paula Zanker: 
paula.zanker@raldioc.org
David Lynch: 
dlynch@bssknights.org

PROTOCOLS for Use of the Space at Church:
1. Every Adult Parishioner must wear a face mask covering their nose &
mouth at all times. Should anyone not have one, the parish will provide one.
2. We’ve asked our ushers & hospitality ministers to monitor face mask
wearing and the maintaining of social distancing. Please be kind and
help them with this important task for our safety.
3. All Doors from the outside to the church will be open. No need to
touch any door handles, etc.
4. There will be hand sanitizing stations at all entrances to the church.
Please make use of the sanitizer upon entering.
5. The main doors to the sanctuary from the narthex will be open. Again
no reason to touch them upon entering or exiting.
6. Inside the main body of the church (sanctuary), we are operating on
the 50% occupancy model. Therefore, every other pew is taped off, so
as not to be used.
7. There are tape strips on the floor indicating 6 feet spacing for social
distancing purposes.
8. Attendees are free to choose which section of pews they would prefer.
9. Families or persons living together in a single residence, can choose
to sit together in a pew. No need to spread out further.
10. Please allow for approximately 6 ft. separation between unrelated
groups or individuals choosing the same pew.

11. If the main body of the church (sanctuary) fills up to the allowed
capacity (50%), attendees will be able to sit in the gathering space.
And all the doors separating the gathering space from the sanctuary
will then be opened.
12. For health safety reasons and concerns, large baskets for attendees’
offertory gift are located at all three main entrances into the
sanctuary. Please place your offering or envelope in one of the
baskets. Ushers will see to it that they are properly secured.

Protocols for Celebration of the Liturgy / Mass:
1. All wood tops of pews will be cleaned between Masses.
2. Please keep facial masks on while present for Mass.
3. The celebration of Mass will be minimalized and involve less
engagement from the congregation for singing.
4. Music & Singing will be handled by musician & cantor.
5. The Liturgical parts of the Mass will be recited rather than sung, i.e.,
Gloria, Sanctus, etc. The Creed will be acknowledged
using the Question/Response Format.
6. No passing of baskets for offertory collection. Please place your gift in
the baskets provided as you enter the church.
7. No offertory procession. Gifts will be brought to alter by the servers.
8. Communion will be distributed under a single species, namely, the Host.
9. Reception of Communion will be via one’s hand. No reception on the tongue.
10. Ushers will guide congregants during the Reception of Communion.
11. When leaving church at the End of Mass, please wait for those in the
back pews to exit first.
12. Ushers will be guiding people pew by pew for an orderly exit.
13. Any conversations with others should wait till people are outside and
they can socially distance from each other more readily.
14. Bulletins will be on the table for people to pick-up and take home.
Not to be handed out by ushers.
15. For tracing purposes: If we receive information regarding someone
being ill with the coronavirus who attended Mass, we will post
information on the parish website.

PROTOCOLOS para el uso del espacio en la iglesia:
 

1. Cada feligrés adulto debe usar una máscara que cubra su nariz y boca en todo momento. Si alguien no tiene uno, la parroquia proporcionará una.

2. Hemos pedido a nuestros ujieres y ministros de hospitalidad que 

3. Todas las puertas del exterior de la iglesia estarán abiertas. No será necesario tocar las manijas de las puertas, etc.

4. Habrá estaciones de desinfección de manos en todas las entradas de la iglesia. Utilice el desinfectante al ingresar.

5. Las puertas principales al santuario desde el atrio estarán abiertas. De nuevo, no habrá razón de tocarlas al entrar o al salir.

6. Dentro de la parte principal de la iglesia (el santuario), estamos funcionando en el modelo de ocupación de 50%. Por lo tanto, cada otra banca estará cerrada con cinta adhesiva, para no ser utilizada.

8. Los feligreses podrán elegir la sección de bancas que prefieren.

9. Las familias o personas que viven juntas en una sola residencia pueden elegir sentarse juntas en una banca. No habrá necesidad de extenderse más.

8. La comunión se distribuirá bajo una sola especie, el Cuerpo de Cristo.
9. La recepción de la comunión será en la mano. No habrá recepción en la lengua.
10. Los ujieres guiarán a los feligreses durante la recepción de la comunión.
11. Acabando la Misa, espere a que salgan primero los que están en las bancas de atrás.
12. Los ministros de hospitalidad guiarán a las personas banca por banca para una salida ordenada.
13. Cualquiera conversación con los demás debe esperar hasta que las personas estén afuera y puedan distanciarse socialmente más fácilmente.
14. Los boletines estarán sobre la mesa para que la gente los recogerá y se los llevara a casa. No deben ser entregados por los ujieres.

15. Por fines de rastreo: si recibimos información sobre alguien enfermo con el coronavirus que había asistido a Misa, publicaremos información en el sitio web de la parroquia.
 

400 W. Davis St., Burlington, NC
Monday, August 10th, 11:30AM-5:00PM.