COVID-19 UPDATES FOR OUR PARISH

Cardinal DiNardo has announced the following liturgical directives which will take effect on Sunday, January 2nd, 2022, the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord:

• The dispensation for attending Mass which had been in place, is removed for all Catholics within the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Sunday and Holy Days obligations should joyfully and conscientiously be fulfilled. The obligation to attend Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day is not morally binding for those who find it impossible to attend Mass, e.g., due to illness, advanced age, caring for a sick person, or being at high-risk of contracting COVID-19. These persons should fulfill their obligations through some act of prayer or meditation upon the sacred scriptures for the Mass of the day. 
• For the time being, the suspension of receiving the Precious Blood from a common chalice remains in effect.