Update to Pandemic Policy and Procedure

Our COVID policy & procedures are updated regularly.  We appreciate your prayers, patience, love, and cooperation.

Watch for updates in the bulletin, on the website, and during Mass announcements. We are blessed to have our prayers granted for an effective COVID-19 vaccine answered.

Let us continue working together to keep our most vulnerable parishioners and visitors safe.  Let us continue to accept the joys brought about by God's love & protection from COVID-19.

Blessings to you & yours.

~ Your St. Andrew Parish Staff

 As our In-person Mass Counts Increase...

we ask for your help with the following:

St. Andrew Church requires all congregants* 
to wear masks (and/or FULL face shields)
at all times in the Church and all parish buildings. 

*Encouraged, but NOT required, for children ages 2-4 

• Please Move to the Middle of the longer pews when possible to allow for maximum seating for all.

• Please remember to refrain from singing. 

• We will continue Live Streaming of Masses on Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday. 

• Thank you all for your continued support and for following the current protocols to keep everyone safe.​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Watch: Welcome Back to Sunday Mass with Bishop Earl Boyea

Read all about the latest updates in Mass Dispensation Decrees from Bishop Boyea at:

https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/news/watch-welcome-back-sunday-mass-w-bishop-earl-boyea
    

Bishop Boyea’s Candle Project
May, 2021

 
Dear Sisters and Brothers,

Jesus Christ is the Light of the World (John 8:12).
 

It is his divine light which illumines our path through the travails of life. It is his divine warmth that sustains us in times of sorrow. This has never been truer than over the past year as our communities have been afflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. All have suffered. Many have been stricken by illness. Others have died. May they rest in peace.

As our country begins slowly to emerge from this tragedy, I invite you to draw closer still to Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. In fact, I invite you to Sunday Mass.

If you have been away from Mass for a period of time, know this: We miss you. I miss you. Christ misses you. After all, it is in Holy Mass that we reorient ourselves in right relationship with Almighty God. It is in Holy Mass that we encounter the Word of God, Jesus Christ, in
Sacred Scripture. It is in Holy Mass that we encounter the Lamb of God, the same Jesus Christ, in the Holy Eucharist. It is also in Holy Mass that we encounter the Lord in His Mystical Body. And we do so in communion with our family, neighbors, and friends, both living and dead. In order to help each of us to prepare prayerfully for our return, I give you a candle representing, the Light of the World, Jesus Christ.

This candle burns for eight hours. May I suggest that we burn our candles for one hour each day during which we take a moment to spend time with our Lord Jesus Christ in prayer with the eight particular intentions set out opposite. Thank you. God bless you.

 Assuring you of my prayers,

I am sincerely yours in Christ,
Earl Boyea
Bishop of Lansing

Thank you to all of you for doing your part to "flatten the curve".   By sheltering-in-place, we are giving our healthcare system and healthcare providers the time, space, and grace to make the difference. 

For the most current information from the CDC please go to:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

• 2-1-1 to speak to a live person 24/7 or visit: https://unitedwaysem.org/2-1-1/
• St. Joseph Mercy Hospital has an online resource search (scroll to bottom)  https://www.stjoeshealth.org/covid19

• https://www.stjoeshealth.org/covid19
• Washtenaw County Dept. of Public Health:  https://www.washtenaw.org/3107/Multilingual-Materials

• Washtenaw County:  https://aaa1b.org/coronavirus/

• Saline Area Schools
  • CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19): SALINE AREA SCHOOLS UPDATE CENTER  
  • COVID-19 MEAL PROGRAM
• University of Michigan

• ​​​https://afsp.org/
• https://vivipins.com/stress-statistics/

Dear St. Andrew Family,

We are very aware of the dramatic increase in new cases of Coronavirus in Washtenaw county as well as across the state and nation.  Even our very own pastor was not immune from contracting the virus (he has since fully recovered). As such, we are advising parishioners to be extraordinarily careful and make decisions that are in the best interest of your own safety.
 
We have been in communication with the Washtenaw County Health Department about this situation and are following their guidance. If, in this period of extraordinary contagion spread, you decide to stay home and join us for Mass online that is perfectly understandable. We will be continuing all of our safety protocols for in-person attendance to try and keep you safe while at church, but we also need you to do your part.  
 
Health professionals continue to advise that If you have even the most minor of symptoms, you should take them seriously and not come to church.  You are in our prayers and we continue to put all of this in the hands of Beloved Lord Jesus and through the intercession of our Blessed Mother!

-Fr. John & the St. Andrew staff
 
Fr. John Linden
Pastor
St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church
910 Austin Road
Saline, MI 48176
(734) 429-5210