The dispensation from the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation remains in force until further notice. If your health is compromised by advanced age, underlying medical conditions, problems with your immune system, etc., you may continue to stay home. If you are experiencing any symptoms of Covid-19 (cough, fever, chills, loss of sense of taste or smell, body aches, sore throat, headache, diarrhea, etc.) out of consideration for the health and well-being of others, you should not come to church.

Social distancing of 6 feet must be maintained, except for members of the same household. Families may sit together in one pew.

Please leave an empty pew in front of you and behind you, sitting throughout the church.

Maintain social distancing as you enter and leave the church.

There will be a single line for Communion.

Maintain a 6-foot distance between you and the person in front of you.

Please use the marks on the floor as a guide and only move to the next position after the person in front of you has moved forward.

Holy Communion should be received only in the hand until further notice.

Stretch out your arms as far as possible to maintain as much distance between you and Father as possible.

Wait until the person in front of you has moved on before you step forward for Communion.

At this time, we will not be distributing the Precious Blood.

Please sanitize your hands before coming to church. Hand sanitizer will be available at the entrance of church.

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Instruction Ad resurgendum cum Christo regarding the burial of the deceased and the conservation of the ashes in the case of cremation

Click the title to read the entire article from the Vatican.

Fr. Luke Thielen was ordained on Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina. Click the link above to read the entire articles.

If you are new to one of the Gove County Catholic Parishes of Grinnell, Grainfield, or Park, we welcome you to our parish community! Would you kindly fill out the form to register in the parish. Forms are available in the each of the churches or you may click on the link above, fill out the form online, and return to the parish secretary.

The customary Mass stipend within the Dioceses of Kansas is $10 as of May 1, 2014. Please click on the link to read the accompanying article from the Bishops of the Province of Kansas City.