Coronavirus Update Q&A

We understand that this is a challenging time and you may have many questions. 
Please check back often for the most up-to date information regarding the CoronaVirus situation
and how it relates to Saint Frances Cabrini and Saint Mary's Immaculate Parishes and our Diocese.  

• Weekend Masses are now being held in-person! Please note that we are taking every recommended precaution to make sure you are safe at Mass.  Sanitizing of the worship space is being done before each Mass. Please bring your own hand sanitizer.  Masks are encouraged, but not required. Doors Open 30 minutes prior to Mass starting. If you have symptoms of illness, please do not attend Mass. 
  • Saint Frances Cabrini Mass Schedule: Saturday evenings at 4:30pm. Sundays at 8am, 10:30am, and 6pm ENTER THROUGH THE SOUTH NARTHEX ENTRANCE ONLY
  • Saint Mary's Mass Schedule: Saturdays at 5pm (this Mass is only for the month of June), Sundays at 7:30am, 9:30am, and 1pm(Spanish) ENTER THROUGH THE GYM/LOBBY ENTRANCE ONLY. 
• Weekday Masses continue to be suspended until further notice. 
• The Parish Offices are open on a limited basis. 
  • Saint Frances Cabrini Parish office is open from 9am-12noon Monday through Thursday. 
  • Saint Mary' Immaculate Conception Parish office is open from 10am-12noon Monday through Thursday.
  • If you need to reach a staff member, you may reach them by email.  For general information or questions, please contact Jeanne Rude at Saint Frances Cabrini at jrude@wbparishes.org and Rhonda Prim at Saint Mary's at rprim@wbparishes.org. 
• The Churches are open daily for private prayer 
  • Saint Frances Cabrini Church is open Monday through Friday from 6am to 8pm, and Saturday morning from 6am-9:30am.  (NO lower door access....Use south narthex doors only.)
  • Saint Mary's Immaculate Conception Parish is open Monday through Friday from 6am to 3pm, Thursdays until 6:30pm. (Enter through the Gym/Lobby entrance only)  
  • Both churches will be closed for cleaning between Masses on Sundays. 
• Confessions are being heard at both parishes on our regular schedules
  • Saint Frances Cabrini on Tuesday evenings at 5:30pm and Saturday mornings at 8:30am
  • Saint Mary's Parish on Thursday evenings at 5:30pm.
• Adoration will be on Thursdays at 5:30 at Saint Mary's.   

• All employees of each parish have been advised to exercise daily precautions against the transmission of Covid-19, including not coming to work if either ill or caring for an ill family member at home.
• Social distancing and limited in-person meeting sizes are practiced on the campuses until further notice.
• Masks are recommended, but not required, for staff and visitors
• A daily sanitizing schedule of all currently used campus spaces is guaranteed.

• Little Saints is resuming limited operations, subject to State of Wisconsin Day Care operating guidelines and CDC recommendations effective June 1^st.  We will continue to expand our daily operating capacity as conditions allow making sure we maintain safety and health for all employees and families.
• Little Saints Early Learning Center Summer Camp is opening on June 8^th under the same operating guidelines and rules as the Center, observing all necessary precautions of sanitizing and safety. 
• Please see the Little Saints website for more information about these details.

• Special Masses reserved for the celebration of First Holy Communion have been scheduled for each parish during the weekends of July.  Please be in contact with the formation staff at each parish with any questions you may have.
• Our desire remains to celebrate a combined High School Confirmation Mass for Saint Mary’s and Saint Frances Cabrini.  The priests and staff will confer in early August about what might be possible based on the options available to us at that time.

• For the month of June there will be no in-person gatherings or meetings in the parish offices/ church meeting spaces of any group larger than 10 people. 
• Any Pastoral or Finance Council committee meetings expected in June will take place virtually and will be combined for both parishes.
• We will re-evaluate this situation in July.

• We will not be allowing any gatherings or activities between now and Labor Day that involve the sharing, preparing, or handling of foods and beverages.  We need time to observe what best practices emerge in the business world around us before we assume liability for this on our own again.  Any food involved with the Little Saints Early Learning Center will be an exception to this rule, subject to strict guidelines.
• We will be attempting as much as possible to require regular routines of sanitizing and social distancing for all of our upcoming events until further notice.  This limits our ability to utilize common objects (for example soccer balls, hymnals, and play equipment).
• We should not plan to hold events that rely on multiple volunteers in order to run, especially those that tend to be organized by older parish members who are potentially more at risk to the effects of exposure to Covid-19.

• We should anticipate that well into the Fall, we will be celebrating Masses in a more simplified manner that relies on very few needed ministers or materials.
• We will be limited in our ability for the near future to allow volunteers to make visits to area nursing homes.
• We will be opening up our school and Catholic formation year in the fall likely under heavily re-shaped daily routines to ensure health and safety.

• June High School and Middle School service nights/week
• “The Way” Middle School Youth Nights
• Saints in Training Summer Bible School
• Scout meetings or events hosted on our campuses (until school starts)
• Donut Sundays until further notice
• First Friday socials at Cabrini until further notice
• Saint Vincent de Paul / Franciscan Peacemaker meal prep at either campus indefinitely.
• Family Promise hosting discontinued indefinitely
• Outside groups using our facilities will not be allowed before Labor Day
• Polka Mass and social at Saint Mary’s
• Fall Book sale at Saint Frances Cabrini
• Fall Rummage sale at Saint Frances Cabrini
• Faith and Family Fest

• October rummage sale at Saint Mary’s
• Fish Fries at Saint Mary’s.
• Women’s Morning of Reflections
• Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Saint Mary’s

• Due to the ongoing expenses, and now restrictions, of handling printed materials, as well as the rapidly changing updates we deal with, we are moving our communications more and more to the websites and to the weekly Newsbyte emails.
• Please be sure to sign up to receive our electronic email communications.  Simply go to either parish website, scroll down to the “newsbyte sign up” on the homepage, CLICK and follow the prompts from there.  If you have any problems, please contact Tammy Waech, Shared Communications Coordinator at twaech@wbparishes.org or 262-338-2366 X 118.  She would be happy to assist you. 

• Listen to Father Nathan's Daily Remote Homilies
  CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ALL OF THE REMOTE HOMILIES

• Check out Father Andrew's YouTube Channel

  Daily Mass livestreams, "Off the Cuff" Conversations, and other various Catholic topics. 
  CLICK HERE TO ACCESS IT ALL 

• Sign up for our weekly newsbyte emails.....

  • CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE SAINT FRANCES CABRINI NEWSBYTE
  • CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE SAINT MARY'S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION NEWSBYTE

• Connect with us on Social Media!

  • CLICK HERE FOR THE CABRINI FACEBOOK PAGE
  • CLICK HERE FOR THE SAINT MARY'S FACEBOOK PAGE
  • CLICK HERE FOR THE COMBINED PARISH TWITTER ACCOUNT

• Catholic Sunday Mass for the Homebound in Milwaukee
  • 5:30am and 11am on WITI Fox & at 9am on WCGV My24. or by CLICKING HERE
• You can also make an act of Spiritual Communion by saying a prayer like this one: “My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.”
• Explore the Stations of the Cross, Rosary, and Presence study on Formed.org.
• Access Magnificat’s free online prayer guide, here.
• Tune into these Word on Fire podcasts by Bishop Robert Barron.
• Stream EWTN, America’s Catholic news network, here.
• Access 24/7 Adoration at savior.org.
• Study the Rosary with JPII by ENDOW

We are here to support those in our community in this challenging time. Saint Frances Cabrini and Saint Mary's Immaculate Conception Parishes still need your support, especially with the suspension of public Mass. 
CLICK HERE to donate to Saint Frances Cabrini or one of our many ministries.
CLICK HERE to donate to Saint Mary's Immaculate Conception or one of our many ministries. 

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