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Mass Times
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Regular Weekend Schedule
St. Mary Church: 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday
St. Patrick: 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Daily Mass Schedule remains the same:
St. Mary: 7:30 a.m. Tuesday – Friday; Communion Service 7:30 a.m. Monday
Sign-up No Longer Required • Church Capacity Up to 75%
We are no longer required to sign up for daily or weekend Masses. We are also permitted to seat up to 75% capacity. To help maintain the 75%, the last several pews on the left at St. Mary Church and some pews at St. Patrick Church remain marked for social distance. Anyone who would like to be seated with distance may occupy one of those. People may seat themselves or rely on an usher.
The Bishop has instructed us that in a spirit of charity we are to refrain from asking others whether or not they received Covid vaccinations. Please also be aware that others may choose to wear a mask for various reasons regardless of their vaccination status.
Other recenet updates include: choirs and cantors are now permitted, and the offertory procession may resume. Missals, prayer cards and hymnals may be place in pews, and bulletins can be distributed. Collection baskets that are passed are still not to be used, yet. We are to continue to refrain from the Sign of Peace as expressed by shaking hands. Confessions may take place in the confessionals, which will be sanitized regularly. Hand sanitizer will continue to be at the entrance of St. Mary and St. Patrick for anyone who would like to use it.
Read the Rockford Diocese "Back to His Presence" guidelines document in English -
Resources During Pandemic
TV Mass Every Sunday: 6:30 a.m.
Diocesan Catholic Mass on WREX TV (NBC 13)
Online resources
Additional resources -
Regular Weekend Mass Schedule
September 2020 – May 22/23, 2021 Memorial Day – Labor Day Weekends Saturday, 4:30 p.m. – St Patrick Church Saturday, 4:30 p.m. – St. Mary Church Sunday, 8:00 a.m. – St. Mary Church Sunday, 8:00 a.m. – St. Mary Church Sunday, 10:30 a.m. – St. Mary Church Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – St. Patrick Church
Daily Mass
Tuesday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. at St. Mary Church
Communion Service held on Mondays, 7:30 a.m. at St. Mary Church
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Times can be viewed here.
Holy Days
Usual 7:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary Church. See home page for specific information.