Background information can be found at St Paul’s: Health and Safety, Coronavirus. This includes a sheet of personal prayers for when Mass cannot be celebrated publicly.
Events and activities at St Paul’s Church: Detailed information on the availability of events and activities at St Paul’s Church are listed below.
Live and recorded streaming services. You can view recordings and live scheduled Masses and services in local churches and the Vatican:
- St Paul’s, Poynton -> St Paul’s Facebook Live (morning Mass on Wednesday and Sunday)
- St. Alban’s, Macclesfield -> Live stream
- St Peter’s, Hazel Group -> Live stream
- Shrewsbury Cathedral -> Live stream
- The Vatican
- schedule -> The Vatican’s Worldwide Telecasts
- summary -> Holy Week Transmission from The Vatican 2020
A full list is of Catholic churches using live streaming -> CBCEW Catholic Mass online
Spiritual reflections:
- Relevant prayers and reflections are at -> CBCEW prayers and reflections
Events and activities at St Alban’s Church: Current arrangements at St Alban’s, Macclesfield -> Opening times. Archived version -> St Alban’s opening times
Please note this information below may change frequently.
Notes: arrangements for acts of worship and other sacramental matters are currently constrained by:
- UK Government legislation -> Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can’t do, proposed national restrictions from 5th November -> New guidance 5th Nov 2020 and proposed plans for 3rd December onwards -> UK Government Winter Plan, and the Spring 2021 Roadmap -> Covid-19 Response Spring 2021
- CBCEW guidelines and downloads -> CBCEW advice
- Diocese of Shrewsbury guidelines.
- St Paul’s supported worship activities. See newsletters and sidebar for the current position -> Home page
Current status of events and activities in St Paul's parish
| Event or activity | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Regular events and activities | ||
| Opening of St Paul's Church for Individual Prayer | Arrangements are being investigated and considered. | Opening of churches for individual prayer is allowed under Covid-19 measures, but such opening requires significant measures and volunteer support to be put in place. |
| Weekend Mass: Saturday Vigil 6:30pm | Cancelled until further notice. | |
| Weekend Mass: Sunday 10am. | Sunday Mass is being held each week. Physical attendance now permitted from 6th Dec. The Mass is also available for viewing on Facebook Live, | Details of Facebook Live are on this website and in the weekly newsletter. Booking arrangements for physical attendance is be on this website and in the weekly newsletter. |
| Weekday mass 9:30am on Wednesday | Now available using streamed video on Facebook Live. | Whether this can recommence with a congregation present is being considered. |
| Word Communion services at on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday | Cancelled | Current precautionary measures required make it difficult to recommence this with a congregation at present. |
| Little Church (as part of 10am Mass) | Cancelled until further notice. | Will recommence when it can be safely held. |
| Choir rehearsal on Tuesday evening | The choir is using Zoom to continue their choir sessions. | Under UK Government legislation singing and playing instruments have limited permitted in acts of worship. |
| Sacramental services | ||
| Baptism | Available by arrangement. | Contact the parish office for details of arrangements and constraints for baptisms. See notes above. |
| Marriages | Available by arrangement. | Contact the parish office for details of arrangements and constraints on marriages. See notes above. |
| Confessions | Not available yet at St Paul's Church. | May be available at other local parishes if they have suitable facilities. Contact the parish office for details of arrangements and constraints for funerals. See notes above. |
| Sacrament of the Sick (often called Last Rites) | No pastoral visits to those who are self-isolating until the isolation period ends. | Contact the parish office for details of arrangements and constraints for sacraments of the sick. See notes above. |
| Funeral services and Requiem Masses | Available by arrangement. | Contact the parish office for details of arrangements and constraints for funerals. See notes above. |
| Confirmation programme | Deferred (home sessions no longer available) | This year's Confirmation ceremony for 2020 will take place, if public health advice allows public worship, even though some lessons have not taken place (it may be that that those involved will attend 2021 education programme). |
| Eucharistic ministers visits to provide communion to those in care homes and home bound | No pastoral visits. | Will recommence when they can be safely held. |
| Other | ||
| Friendship and Bereavement Group | Sessions cancelled until further notice. | Will recommence when it can be safely held. |
| Coffee clubs held in the presbytery | No longer available | Will recommence when it can be safely held. |
| Parish office | Parish office contacts by post, email and telephone will be handled. Non-essential personal visits to the parish office are undesirable. | Usual access will recommence when it can be safely provided. |
| Liturgy Group | Will continue to meet, using Zoom. |
[23 Feb 2021]
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