Volunteers Required

Reopening the Churches for Mass

Based on the information to hand at the moment we will be allowed to celebrate our first public Masses from June 29th, however on Tuesday last we received the regulations and restrictions regarding reopening for public Masses. After meeting with the Parish Pastoral Council on Thursday last it seems unlikely that we will be in a position to resume on that date. Some of the issues we face are.

We need volunteers for the following roles.

Door Keepers               

To monitor numbers coming into the church for Masses, To ensure we keep within the allowed numbers.

Social distancing Supervisors

To remind people while in line to maintain distance.

Ushers

To ensure we maximize the number of available seats.

Cleaners

We are required to sanitize the churches after every Mass. on Sundays and weekdays.

For each Mass in

Ss. Peter & Paul’s we would need at least 15 Volunteers,

Drum and Clonown about 10 Volunteers to fulfill these roles.

We also face the issue of restricted numbers allowed into church for Mass

Despite the size of the buildings we are restricted because of the 2 meter rule.

Ss. Peter and Pauls will be allowed about 100 people,

Drum & Clonown about 30 people.

We are committed to opening the Churches for Mass as soon as we possibly can, but we must ensure that the regulations are met prior to doing so.

We are also very concerned that in opening we are doing all we can to protect the health of all who are attending Mass. We are also very anxious that when we do return we are not in a position where we have to tell anyone they cannot come into Mass.

I am meeting the Parish Pastoral Council again this week and will keep you all informed as things progress.  In the mean time we do need as many volunteers as possible so I encourage you to consider volunteering and to complete the volunteer form which is available for download from the parish website of from the porches of the churches. Please return them to any of the priests or scan a copy and email it to me [email protected]

Thank you all again for the support over the last few months.

Fr. John