“Re-opening” Update – Resumption of publicly-attended Masses!
 
With great joy, we’d like to announce the resumption of publicly-attended Masses at Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish!  Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working diligently to create an environment for the celebration of the liturgy which will meet all of the safety requirements that the Diocese of Pittsburgh has put in place. 
Our Mass schedule, beginning June 20, will be:

• Saturday at 4pm at St Bernadette (no live-stream; no parking lot communion)
• Saturday at 5pm at St Susanna (no live-stream; no parking lot communion)

 

• Sunday at 8am at St Bernadette (this Mass will be live-streamed; parking-lot communion distribution will begin at approximately 9:30am)
• Sunday at 9:30am at St Susanna (this Mass will be live-streamed; parking-lot communion distribution will begin at approximately 11am)

 

• Monday at 9:30am at St Bernadette (this Mass will be live-streamed; no parking lot communion)
• Tuesday at 9:30am at St Susanna
• Wednesday at 9:30am at St Bernadette (this Mass will be live-streamed; no parking lot communion)
• Thursday at 9:30am at St Susanna
• Friday at 9:30am at St Bernadette (this Mass will be live-streamed; no parking lot communion)

Our seating capacity will be limited at these Masses.  At St Bernadette, we expect that we’ll be able to seat 50 family groups and at St Susanna, 30 family groups. (A family group is 1-4 people, all of whom live under the same roof. Families of 5-8 people, living under the same roof, will occupy two “family groups”.) In order to protect your health, we will be required to gather information that will allow you to be notified if someone who attends a Mass that you’ve attended develops symptoms of COVID-19.  In order to accomplish this, we’ll ask that you “save your seat for Mass”. We’ll provide online access to allow you to “save your seat”, and we’ll also be answering our phones from 9am to noon, Monday to Friday, so that those without online access can call in to “save their seat.” We’ll begin taking your calls and offering the online system on Monday morning, June 15. Those who have online access can “save their seat” at www.cdsmph.org/rsvp beginning on June 15 as well. 

This new way of gathering for Mass will be confusing at first, and we’re sure that we’ll learn as we go along. Please be patient with us as we return to the safe public attendance of Masses at Christ the Divine Shepherd Parish!  As always, up-to-the-date information can be found on our website (cdsmph.org), our Facebook page (facebook.com/ChristTheDivineShepherd), and by calling our parish office (412-373-0050).