The annual “Easter Duty” of Catholics to receive the Eucharist once per year — and preferably during Eastertime — is not binding this year, due to our inability to offer public Masses. 

As such, Catholics have no obligation to receive Holy Communion before public Masses resume.
 
That said, we know that there is a great hunger for the Eucharist in our parish, and rightfully so. It is for that reason, along with a confidence in our ability to do so safely, that we are now offering Communion during private appointments at the front door of the parish rectory, one household at a time.

Registered households can now sign up for one seven-minute time slot per week. Timeslots are offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:30-5:30pm.

We prefer that you use the online sign-up form below, but you can also call the parish office at (651) 696-5401 to request a timeslot, one per household — for these purposes, this means anyone living at the same address. If you are not yet registered as a parishioner, you can do so by contacting the parish office.
 

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A household should come to the front steps of the rectory (324 Prior Ave. S. — pictured at right) at their scheduled time. If another household is still at the door, please wait your turn on the sidewalk, maintaining at least six feet of space around you. When it is your household’s turn, come forward to the base of the rectory front steps. 
 
The priest will lead an Our Father or similar prayer from behind the glass front door.  When it is time to receive Communion, each member of the household should go up the steps, one at a time. 

The priest will extend Jesus in the Eucharist through the door opening and say “The Body of Christ.” Please reply “amen,” receive Communion, and descend the steps.  The priest will then purify and disinfect the paten and call forward the next member of the household. He will then close with a prayer and blessing from behind the glass door.

If you are aware of any mortal sins you have committed since your last Confession, receive the sacrament of Reconciliation — which is now offered from 9-10am on Saturday and Sunday at the same rectory front door — before receiving Communion.
 
Communicants must also be in doctrinal communion with the Catholic Church, i.e. assent to her core authentic teachings. (Wondering what that means? Start with the creeds. Then crack open the Catechism and/or call a priest!) 

Fast for at least an hour from food or beverage (except water) before receiving. You might consider viewing a live-streamed Mass or praying a rosary to prepare. Finally, please wash your hands well immediately before arriving. Feel free to use the restroom in Steiner Hall. 



Thank you for your patience as we devised a safe and practical plan for sacramental distribution of Holy Communion. And let us all pray together for the time to come quickly when we will all be able to receive the Eucharist together again under one roof.