• The obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation continues to be lifted during the Yellow Phase. You are not required to attend Mass at this time. 
• Please stay home if you are sick. 
• Please stay home if you are at higher risk of severe illness with COVID19. (If you are uncertain about your risk status, please consult your doctor and also the CDC Guidelines.  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-at-higher-risk.html )

• Mass will continue to be available online each weekend on this webpage.

• Saturday vigil Mass: 5:00 PM.  Sunday Masses: 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, & 7:00 PM.                            
• For safety reasons, confessions are being heard in the crypt chapel area. Starting June 6 confession times will be temporarily shifted fifteen minutes earlier to Saturdays from 4:00 to 4:30 PM.

• Please wash your hands for 20 seconds using soap and water.
• Before entering the Church, please put on a face mask or cloth covering. Exceptions to this are “children younger than 2 years old, anyone who has trouble breathing..., or otherwise unable to remove the cloth face covering without assistance” (CDC Guidelines).
• Please do not come to Mass if you are sick or are at higher risk for severe illness with COVID19 (see above).
• Missalettes are not to be used during this period. You are welcome to bring your own missal/readings with you. 

• Please enter via the main door or the Highland Avenue door.
• Hand sanitizers will be available at the Church entrances. Please use the hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting the Church.
• Maintain a distance of six feet from others. 

• When taking your seat, please honor all markings about which pews are available. Only a limited number of pews will be open to ensure proper social distancing. 
• Members of the same household may sit together as normal. Please keep 6 feet between your household and members of a different household. 
• Greeters will be available to assist as needed.

• Please continue to wear your face covering while in church.
• At least initially, there will be no collection taken up during the Offertory. Instead you are asked to put your offerings in containers that will be placed by the doors.
• There will be no Sign of Peace during Mass during the Yellow Phase. 

• There will be one communion station at the head of the center aisle. Please return to your pew by way of the side aisles.  
• Please maintain social distancing in the Communion line. Please keep several pews between yourself and the person in front of you in line and when returning to your pew.
• During the Yellow Phase, the faithful are asked to receive Holy Communion in the hand. 
• Please remove your mask before receiving Holy Communion and replace it afterward. 

• At the conclusion of Mass, please exit starting with the pews in the back of the church.
• Please maintain social distancing and do not block the aisles or the sidewalk. 
• The parish bulletin will not be available initially. Go to www.saintmatthias.org for updates.
• Please leave your mask on until you are away from the Church. 

SANITATION

• Between each Mass we will use disinfectants to wipe down the hard surfaces of the pews in use, door handles, and other frequently touched areas.

Temporary new time 
Saturdays 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM.  (Other times by appointment)

Because the confessional does not allow for social distancing, confessions are being heard in the crypt chapel area of the church (in front of the statue of St. Joseph).  A white noise machine will help protect privacy. Please wear a mask, maintain social distances, and approach by way of the asile along the Highland Ave side of the church.

         “FEED THE HUNGRY”

Make sandwiches at home, drop off in St. Matthias parking lot behind the new parish center.  

Saint Helena Parish, N. 5th St., in North Philadelphia food pantry
is running low.  Please donate: jars of peanut butter, jelly, boxed macaroni and cheese, pasta, pasta sauce, juice, flour, sugar etc. - All non-perishables accepted.

Drop off in Saint Matthias Parking Lot behind the new Parish Center  
Mondays from 10AM to 11AM and Thursdays from 2PM to 3PM.   

Our main source of income is the weekly collection.  As with so many others, we could face serious financial difficulties as the current health crisis continues for an extended period of time.  

Insofar as possible, please continue to support the parish as your means allow.  Thank you.  

Several parishioners report that they received an e-mail claiming to be from Msgr Mesure (including a picture taken from the website) asking them to reply and/or asking them to buy gift cards for people in need.  The e-mail account is fake.  Do not respond.