Updates to the WorshipSafe Protocols Taking Effect on Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Posted : Feb-25-2022

All capacity limits, including physical distancing requirements, are removed from churches and parish halls. Parishes may wish to continue with distancing at Holy Communion as a best practice for a period of time.
Indoor mask use is still required for those over the age of two (limited medical exemptions apply)
Holy Communion on the tongue can resume, but those receiving Holy Communion on the tongue should ideally be at the end of the Communion line
The kiss of peace is still discouraged at this time. A bow, or wave should continue to be used as an alternative
Holy water fonts can be refilled. Prayer books, hymnals, magazines, bulletins and votive candles can return to the church, if they have not already
Altar servers and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion can return to pre-pandemic duties
Choirs and cantors still must be masked or three metres/nine feet from anyone else
Volunteers are not required to be vaccinated & proof of vaccination is not a requirement to enter Archdiocese of Toronto churches
Baptisms can return to pre-pandemic practices
Confessionals and confession rooms can reopen, provided that both parties are masked
The use of hand sanitizer upon entry to the church is now optional. Product will continue to be provided for anyone wishing to use it.
Use of hand sanitizer before the distribution of Holy Communion remains a best practice and is encouraged. It is still recommended that health and hygiene signage remains posted in parishes at this time
Meetings in parish halls may resume – mask use is required
Contact tracing and online Mass registration systems are no longer required. Parishioners should be encouraged to continue self-screening for Covid-19 symptoms and stay home if they have any symptoms

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