UPDATED COVID-19 Safety Protocols
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Updated COVID-19 Safety Protocols
The following guidelines issued to the parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston on December 9, 2021 going into effect the weekend of December 18-19, 2021, were updated on January 6, 2022 to be extended until Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 (the day after Ash Wednesday).
- Throughout the archdiocese all people attending public Masses, including weddings and funerals, are mandated to wear masks.
- Mass celebrants, deacons, readers, servers, choir members, and instrumentalists, should all wear masks except when they are speaking.
- Children under the age of five are not required to wear masks. Children under the age of two should not wear masks.
- In addition, all churches must continue to provide a designated area in which social distancing is respected for those who want to use it. At St. Agatha Parish, this section will be the wing of the Church on the Organ side
The dispensation from the obligation for attending Sunday Mass was lifted effective June 20, 2021. It continues to be advised if a parishioner is feeling ill, they should remain at home.
- There is no change to congregational singing which has been permitted and encouraged. Hymnals are available in the pews.
- Ministers of Communion will continue to wear their face masks while distributing Holy Communion and will disinfect their hands prior to the distribution.
- All doors of the Church will continue to be unlocked for both entering and exiting.
- St. Agatha Parish will continue to follow all Town of Milton and Commonwealth of Massachusetts mask mandates.