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Catholic churches get ready for Sunday services, but with modifications

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Catholic churches get ready for Sunday services, but with modifications
Catholic churches get ready for Sunday services, but with modifications

Catholic churches in the Sacramento Diocese can open their doors for in-person services starting June 14, but with a few modifications.

Catholic churches in our area can open their doors for in person services this sunday - with a few modifications.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in redding.

What kind of modifications are we talking about ana?

Sign up sheets and sanitizing stations just to name a few alan.

Starting sunday catholic churches will be welcoming people back.

Take so* trt: 08 father fred gucor pastor at st.

Joseph church we have been preparing for a week or two weeks actually, the suspension was lifted bishop jamie soto of the sacramento diocese lifted suspension of public mass back on june 8th.

Which gave churches like st.

Joseph in redding time to prepare.

Take so* trt:09 father fred gucor pastor at st.

Joseph church our guidelines from the diocese is really based on public health guidelines, it's not really something different or something new but st.

Joseph church pastor - father fred gucor tells acton news now some traditional parts of mass-- like communion-- won't be the same.

Take so* ((im going to layer b- roll over sot to match what he's saying)) trt:21 father fred gucor pastor at st.

Joseph church social distancing is really an important part of it, wearing masks, those types of things.

Especially during communion// for us priest, we are really required to wear our mask, sanitize before communion time// and then we're going to do it by row, if you could see the dynamics of this parish, this church, we're going to do it by row.

Ana stand u* trt:18 ana torrea atorreanews when people head back to mass on sunday, they'll notice a few changes, one of them being the blue x's on the pews here to mark social distancing, they'll also notice there's no more mass booklets.

This is all being done to help prevent the spread of coronavirus take so* trt 09 kerri schuette shasta county health & human services spokesperson we're certainly hopeful that people continue to protect themselves and others from covid 19// now it's upto all of us and as places of worship welcome back the community& shasta county health wants you to know& take so* trt: 07 kerri schuette shasta county health & human services spokesperson the disease has not gone anywhere, we want to make sure that's really clear.

Nothing has happened to the disease it's still here ...that we're not out of the woods just yet.

The church is urging vulnerable people to stay home.

Father fred gucor says st.

Joseph will continue to livestream its services to people.

Reporting live in redding, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on the sacramento diocese suspended public mass when the stay at home order began in march.

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