Important Update on Masses

Beginning the weekend of Sunday, November 1, all Masses at St. Barnabas will be held indoors only with accommodations for those who wish to remain outdoors. In preparation for that weekend, we ask that you please carefully review the following information:


What we have been currently doing

• Wearing a face mask whenever we’re inside the church
• Social distancing by closing every other pew and spacing households six feet apart
• Sanitizing the church pews and common touch surfaces after every Mass
• Limiting our indoor capacity to 165, our maximum with social distancing
• Offering live streaming and recording of our 5:00pm and 11:00am Masses

As we come back indoors

• Please review the Mass attendance numbers in each week’s bulletin when deciding which Mass to attend. For obvious safety reasons, we cannot “squeeze people in” as was common before.
• All weekend Masses will be both live streamed and transmitted via radio at 98.9 FM for those who want to remain outdoors and for when we have reached our indoor capacity.
• An Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion will be stationed at the main door of the church (Door 16) to distribute Holy Communion at each of the weekend Masses.
• The 5:00pm Mass will continue to be posted on the church’s homepage (stbindy.org) for those who wish to remain online-only.

Livestream volunteers needed
In order to serve those who are unable to come indoors for Mass, we need people to assist with operating the livestream at three of our Masses each weekend. No previous experience is needed! Training will be offered for anyone who wishes to volunteer. Please contact Dr. Endris at rendris@stbindy.org directly if you can share your time for this important ministry.