This is an updated announcement regarding the temporary closure of our parish, due to one of our priests testing positive for COVID-19. This update reflects consultation with both medical and archdiocesan authorities.

Our 3 priests are in quarantine through Friday, August 7.

• Fr. Drew and Fr. Jaison remain symptom-free, but are quarantined at the rectory. Both were tested today for COVID-19.
• Fr. Truong Son, who is still asymptomatic, is in isolation at a location away from the rectory. He will remain in isolation until he receives two negative tests.
• Fr. Truong Son had no reason to expect he would test positive. He was tested out of extreme caution and in obedience to a recommendation from the archdiocese that anyone who attended the July 10 ordination at the Co-Cathedral be tested, since one priest in the pews tested positive after the event.

All Sunday and daily Masses are canceled through Friday, August 7.

• The Vigil Mass will NOT be recorded and posted this Saturday, since our priests are in quarantine.
• Sunday Masses will resume on Saturday, August 8, at 5 pm, and Sunday, August 9, at 9 am, 1 pm and 5 pm.
• Daily Masses will resume on Monday, August 10, at Noon (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday) and 6:30 pm Wednesday.

The parish offices are closed until Monday, August 10.

• No staff members are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
• Staff members who have had close contact with Fr. Truong Son are being tested and will remain in quarantine until getting a negative test result.

Who should be tested?

• Close contact is defined as being within 6-feet of a COVID-positive person for a period longer than 5 minutes – and particularly if either person was not wearing a face mask.
• Note, this follows the archdiocesan guideline. (Updated CDC guidelines recommend being tested if you have had close contact with a COVID-positive person for 15 minutes or longer.)
• However, if you are anxious or insecure about exposure to COVID-19, please monitor your symptoms, and to be safe, consider getting tested for COVID-19.

Continue to look for parish updates via Flocknote and please pray for our priests and everyone impacted by COVID-19. Stay well, everyone!