Effective May 20, 2020, Governor Beshear has provided for the opening of places of worship and the prohibition on public celebrations of the mass will be lifted.  Bishop Stowe has informed us that public celebrations of the mass may resume on that date.  While this is exciting news for our community, we do have specific directives and guidelines from Bishop Stowe that we must have in place
before we can resume public worship.

We are currently working to ensure that all of the Bishop's directives can be met and all procedures and training is in place before we celebrate mass in person.  Our main concern is the safety and well-being of each of our parishioners.  As you know, our Church buildings are small and will present a challenge in adhering to social distancing which is mandated.  

As we work towards getting everything in place to resume public masses, we will begin with outdoor masses at Cardome beginning on Sunday, May 24th at 10:30 am.  Our environment of having small buildings and a lot of parishioners will pose significant challenges for resuming indoor masses safely.   We will use the outdoor masses at Cardome as the first step to resuming public mass, while working out the kinks, and slowly add in masses at St. John Church once we know we can do so safely and still meet the mandates from our Bishop and the Governor.

It is very important to note that the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass will continue in the Diocese of Lexington until further notice, therefore we will continue to stream the 10:30am Sunday Mass online for those who need or want to worship from home.

Please be aware that plans are ever-evolving and subject to change.  A more detailed plan will be communicated over the next week including directives on receiving the Holy Eucharist.

From Bishop Stowe of the Diocese of Lexington:

It should be clear to all that we are still in the midst of a pandemic and that we are not returning to normal practices at this time;  things will be different for the foreseeable future.  

Because this pandemic is unlike anything we have experienced before, and new information and understanding of the Covid-19 virus continues to be developed, we should be aware that these practices may have to be changed or modified.  Because of the possibility of increased contracting of the virus, our public worship may have to be suspended again in the future.

As Catholics, our lives of worship and all that we do is centered on the Eucharist.  As a Eucharistic people who follow a Savior who laid down his life for us, we are committed to the common good and the well-being of the larger community.  We are striving to live this reality the best that we can.

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