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Dear brothers and sisters,
 
This upcoming Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles and empowered them to live and to share the Good News about Jesus. Pentecost is called the birthday of the Church. In many ways, Pentecost this year is a day of rebirth for Christ the King parish.
 
We will reopen our beautiful cathedral church for Sunday Masses this upcoming weekend. We look forward to being with fellow parishioners and being able to receive Jesus in Holy Communion. This return to Mass together is one more sign that our world and our local community are making progress as we seek to diminish the power of the pandemic over our lives.
 
Yet, the pandemic is not over – nor is the caution we need to take. Our re-opening will be a slow and gradual process. Our gathering next week for Mass will not be like the way we have been gathering in church for years. We need to wear masks. We need to be socially distanced from one another. Our church with a capacity of almost 900 will be able to seat around 100 people. You will need to enter and exit at the glass doors leading into Hehman Hall. A team of ushers will be seating you.  You need to depart as Mass ends. There will be no physical contact during the Lord’s Prayer or the Sign of Peace. Holy Communion will only offered as the consecrated host and received only in the hand.
 
These and other restrictions are in place in order to keep you and everyone else safe. Like you, I wish we could all be as normal as we were in early March; but we need to be safe and cautious due to the extreme ease with which this particular virus can be spread.
 
We will be using an online ticketing system, Eventbrite, to register for tickets. Everyone coming to mass will need a ticket. We have a way for those who are not computer/internet connected to call in and request tickets. And so, everyone coming to mass will need a ticket.  
 
An usher will take your ticket; another usher will seat you .  At least for the summer, we will have an added Mass, at 2:30 on Sunday afternoon; our 9:00 AM Mass on Sunday has been moved to 9:30. Therefore, our weekend schedule is 5:00 PM on Saturday and on Sunday, 7:30, 9:30, 11:30, 2:30 and 5:00.
 
Our goal is to minimize the risks to all who come to the Cathedral campus for public liturgies and other parish events. That said, we can’t reduce the risk of infection with COVID-19 to zero. Every person must weigh their own health condition, weigh the potential risks, and make their own decision before coming onto the Cathedral campus to participate in any public liturgies or other activities sanctioned or hosted by the parish. Parents/guardians must make this assessment for those in their charge. We strongly encourage anyone in the  COVID-19 vulnerable category to consider continuing to take advantage of our  live-stream services and, for now, remain healthy at home.
 
Please keep in mind that our pope and our bishop have dispensed us from our obligation to attend Sunday Mass. Many of you will make a better and healthier choice to stay at home and pray while attending a virtual Mass.
 
What we will be doing is far from ideal; but it is bringing us back into church, back to praying together as a community of faith.....even though masked, socially distant, with less singing and with less freedom of space than we are accustomed to at church.
 
We have a very skilled and dedicated ad-hoc committee helping us work out our plans for re-opening. I am grateful to them. However, I do add that we are in need of more volunteers to serve as ushers and to help sanitize the church following each Mass. 
We need your cooperation as we reopen so that we can do so in a way that is safe and prayerful.
 
I thank you in advance as we take this first step of reopening, as we seek to praise God, and as we humbly pray for the gifts of God’s Holy Spirit as we rebuild physically, emotionally, economically, and spiritually.   Please be patient and flexible as we are all learning how to do this safely and efficiently as possible. Let us pray together that we as a community of faith will take this first step as well as we can and let us pray for the safety and healing of our brothers and sisters throughout the world. 
 
All the details you need to know about our re-opening of the parish can be found here: 
 
https://cathedralctk.org/parishopen
 
In Christ,
Fr. Paul

Mass Schedule

This is our current mass schedule.  As we gradually re-open the parish, expect adjustments in this schedule over the summer.   
 

• Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 5:30 PM Daily Mass - Monday live-streamed
• Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday - 8:00 AM Daily Mass - Thursday live-streamed
• Saturday 5:00 PM Vigil Mass - In-person & Live-streamed
• Sunday 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 AM, 2:30 & 5:00 PM - In-person
• Sunday 11:00 AM English Mass w/Bishop John Stowe OFM, Conv. - Live-stream only
• Sunday Noon Spanish Mass w/Bishop John Stowe OFM, Conv. - Live-stream only

Reconciliation Scheduled Times:

• Procedure/Restrictions for Confessions
• Wednesdays:  4:00 - 5:00 PM
• Saturdays:  8:45 - 9:45 AM

Reconciliation by appointment:

• Fr. Paul Prabell:  859-227-6001
• Fr. Damian Anumba:  859-457-0034