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 9am, 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 

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 and First Holy Communions have resumed
• Teen Confirmation Liturgies are postponed until October 2020

PERPETUAL ADORATION

• For now, the Chapel of Divine Mercy remains closed to the public
• Perpetual Adoration is open to scheduled adorers only

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

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: 25% CAPACITY IN CHURCH

• At this time, the maximum number of people permitted in the church at any one time is 375 (25% 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)
• We count people as you enter; access will be closed once we reach 375 people
• It will be difficult enough to deny someone access; please be gracious if the church is already at capacity

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

• As per the Cardinal’s order, only priests and deacons may distribute 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

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!

7/25/20
Regrettably, we learned Saturday evening after Mass that Fr. Truong Son Nguyen tested positive for COVID-19.  In response, effective immediately, all Sunday and daily Masses are cancelled and the St. Laurence parish campus is closed at least through Friday, July 31.  We will update this information when we are confident that it is safe to resume Masses. 

At this point, Fr. Truong Son has no symptoms.  This represents a low risk for viral transmission.  No other clergy or staff are experiencing symptoms.  However, out of extreme caution, Fr. Truong Son will be in isolation for 14 days.  Likewise, Fr. Drew Wood and Fr. Jaison Thomas will quarantine at the rectory for at least the next 7 days.

Since reopening for Mass on May 4, the safety precautions of wearing masks, safe-distancing, hand sanitization and church sanitization have been in effect.  This also represents a low risk for viral transmission.  However, we encourage anyone who experiences COVID-19 symptoms to contact your physician.

Stay well, St. Laurence, and please pray for our priests and everyone impacted by COVID-19.