Coronavirus

When unable to receive Holy Communion, pray the prayer below:

A prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love you above all things and I desire to receive you in my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally,

Come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace you as if you were already there

And unite myself wholly to you.

Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

(Source: Archdiocese of Detroit) 

SUNDAY MASS

• Parishioners’ safety remains our top priority in reopening Mass and expanding parish life
• To allow time for sanitizing between Masses, we have modified the Mass schedule to Sat 5pm, Sun 7am, 9am, Sun 11am, Sun 1pm, Sun 5pm
• We will continue to record and post Mass on Saturday evening for the foreseeable future
• The obligation to attend Sunday Mass is dispensed; you are welcome to stay safely home if you are immune compromised, over 65, anxious, not ready to return
• Please do not come to Mass if you are sick or have a fever

DAILY MASS

• Mass is offered at noon on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
• On Wednesday, Mass is at 6:30 pm
• On Saturday, Mass is at 8:00am 

CONFESSIONS

• Confessions are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, immediately following the Noon Mass
• Confessions are at 5:30 pm on Wednesdays
• The two cry rooms are used in lieu of the regular confessionals

OTHER SACRAMENTS

• Weddings and Funerals have resumed; please contact Betty Holub at bholub@stlaurence.org
• Infant Baptisms have resumed
• First Holy Communions and Teen Confirmation Liturgies were held at a later date

PERPETUAL ADORATION

• The Chapel of Divine Mercy is open to the public for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 5am to 9pm daily
• After hours the chapel doors are locked, with code access available to scheduled adorers who offer perpetual adoration
• All vistors to the chapel must follow the current protocols, posted on a sign in the narthex and on the parish website

CHURCH CAMPUS HOURS

• The church is open for private prayer Monday-Friday 8am-4pm and Saturday-Sunday 9am-12noon
• The parish office is open Monday-Friday 8am-4pm
• The Ave Maria Parish Life Center remains closed to the public
• At this time, the church campus remains closed for meetings, parish life events and all gatherings, except for Mass, Sacraments and Faith Formation

SAFE PRACTICE: MASKS

• Everyone 10 years of age and older must wear a mask at Mass, in confession, and on the campus of St. Laurence
• Please put on your mask when you exit your car
• A face shield is not a replacement for a mask
• Wear masks to show your respect and care for the safety of others
• Clergy wear masks in the confessional and during the processional, recessional and in distributing Communion at Mass

SAFE PRACTICE: SANITIZING

• The church (pews, doors, handles, bathrooms) are sanitized between Masses
• Hand sanitizer is available at the church doors; thank you for bringing along your own hand sanitizer, as well
• Hymnals have been removed

SAFE PRACTICE: REDUCED CAPACITY IN CHURCH

• At this time, we are trying to keep the maximum number of people in the church at any one time to 450 or less (approx 1/3 capacity)
• The only access into the church is through the main (glass) door of the narthex
• Cry rooms are closed (utilized for the time being as confessionals)

SAFE PRACTICE: DISTANCING

• Only every other pew is available for seating
• Please do not sit in pews marked with caution tape
• Sit 6-feet away from others; a family group may sit together
• Please find a seat in the center of the pews if you arrive early, so that those who arrive later are not forced to scoot past you
• No physical contact during the Lord’s Prayer and the Sign of Peace
• Please, no congregating before or after Mass
• Play & Pray (child care) is not available at this time

SAFE PRACTICE: COMMUNION

• Communion is distributed in the hand only
• To receive Communion: wear your mask, receive in the hand, step to the side, lower your mask, consume, replace your mask as you return to your seat

Join the team to help sanitize the church between Masses. 
All the details at this LINK