Cathedral of St. Peter

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A Letter from Father Steve St. Jules

Dear Friends at St. Peter Cathedral,
We are preparing for the celebration of Masses with a congregation in the near future.  We will have to start with Masses with only ten people in attendance.  If all goes well, we can then gradually expand that number.  There are some things we will have to have in place before we can begin.  We will provide a process for parishioners to reserve a place at the Masses.
 
For those who have already told us they are willing to serve as ushers, some of this information may be new.  Please read carefully and resend a reply as to your availability to: reopen@cathedralofstpeter.org. 
 
We will need a dedicated group of special ushers to be present before, during, and after every Mass.  If you are over sixteen years old and under 65, having no particular vulnerability/health problem, you are able to serve as an usher.  To offer our present schedule of 5 weekend Masses we would need a committed team of 20 such ushers.  The more volunteers we have we can stagger the assignments so you won’t have to be on duty every week.
 
The duties of the ushers will be: A) see that everyone is always at least 6 feet from anyone else. B) Check in the people against the reservation list.  C) Show people to the clearly marked and widely separated seats in the pews.  D) Guide the people to Holy Communion and out the exit door at the end of Mass.  E) Immediately after all the Mass-goers have left, the ushers will then re-sanitize the pews in a simple and effective process.
 
The first Weekend that Masses start up again, the ushers should be at the Cathedral a full half hour before Mass time in order to be familiarized to the whole process.  Prior to this, each usher will have viewed an on-line video at www.rockforddiocese.org/covid-19/reopen-rockford-training.  
 
Once the ushers are committed and have viewed the training video, I can submit our plan to the diocese for approval, which, once granted, will allow us to offer Mass with 10 congregants. 
 
Please respond to this request at reopen@cathedralofstpeter.org.
 
Once this process is up and going, and as larger congregations become possible, we will be able to expand our attendance appropriately. 
 
Ushers will also be needed for other services: confessions, baptisms, funerals, weddings, Eucharistic adoration. Once we have the Masses in place we will look toward these other offerings.
 
We have been through a long and dry underground spell, but God who provides the seed tends the buried seed till it can sprout into full life.  We look forward to the time of flourishing. 
 
Looking forward to this reopening,
 
Fr. Steve St.Jules
 
 

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409 N. First Street
Rockford, IL  61104

Phone: 815-962-8515
Fax: 815-962-8526