St Aidans Church, Little Chalfont

COVID-19 – OUR RESPONSE

We have been given guidance from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales to help us contain the Coronavirus, and several measures have now been put in place at St Aidan’s to help keep our parishioners safe.

The holy water stoups are not in use; we have suspended the physical sign of peace; we have ceased use of parish Mass books.
The collection baskets will not be passed around during the offertory – instead there will be a retiring collection at the end of Mass.
We have suspended distribution of the Eucharist under both kinds – only the Host will be given, and on the hand only.
We have also been advised to suspend coffee and tea after Mass on Sundays, and monthly parish lunches.

These measures are all intended to reduce the physical contact between individuals. However, the best way of protecting us from the spread of the virus is still for everyone to use universal good hygiene, particularly washing your hands regularly.

If you have cold or flu symptoms, or a temperature, please refrain from attending Mass until you are well again.

Wishing you all a very peaceful and joy-filled New Year

1st October 2020
PRE-BOOKING YOUR PLACE AT MASS

Thank you to everyone who has been pre-booking their spaces to attend Mass at St Aidan's. It makes things much easier for the stewards if they know in advance who will be attending so we would urge all parishioners to pre-book rather than just turning up on the day.

To read the letter from 27th August explaining how to pre-book your space please click here
To read the update on 7th August about facecoverings please click here.
To read the letter to the parish on 31st July about our re-opening please click here.
To read this weeks newsletter please click here.

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