By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Singing at Mass is back. So are hymnals, missalettes and printed bulletins. Father Alfred Omar Guerrero, director of the Office of Worship, reported those changes to pandemic church-going protocols in an emailed Nov. 10 memo addressed to clergy, parishes and all Hawaii Catholics. (See full text.) Face masks are […]
Updated liturgical rules for this time of pandemic
This is the text of the memorandum from the Office of Worship updating coronavirus pandemic protocols in church MEMORANDUM To: Clergy, parishes and Catholic faithful From: Rev. Alfred Omar Guerrero, Director Date: Nov. 10, 2021 Subject: Updated liturgical directives for the new liturgical year during the time of pandemic The following are the updated liturgical […]
New regulations ease up a bit on church restraints
The loosening of some coronavirus pandemic regulations by the Mayor Kirk Caldwell Sept. 23 has meant a slight relaxing of some constraints affecting Catholic worship and ministries. How the new rules affect church practices was explained in a five-point memorandum sent Sept. 23 by the diocesan Office of Worship to “clergy, parishes and the faithful.” […]