Dear All,

I hope this email or letter finds you and your family in good health! Thank you all for your continued service! Lots of information, thank you for your time, patience, and understanding. 

**August 1^st Weekend**
Church opens fully the weekend of July 31-August 1^st!! Please see the parish website, weekly email blast, and Facebook page for more information. Father Steve and I may reach out one on one with more specifics. Please see the notes below that affect Ministries here:

1. All ministries will return including the return of sacristans and servers.
2. Missals will be placed back in pews, hymn number board returns.
3. Entrance procession resumes.
4. Two lectors return. For those Masses where we are short on numbers, we may still use one, we will do what we can! Normal duties resume.
5. Ushers: Offertory collection will resume as will bulletin distribution.
6. Eucharistic Ministers (Extraordinary Ministers): Communion procession will resume (species of bread only).
7. Cleaning protocols will cease.

Schedules
I am working on updating the August schedule this week; I will then send you all an email copy, snail mail copies, and will post them in the normal office and church areas. Please start sending me your updates to availability for the Fall, September-November. Copies of the schedule may be found in the church sacristies, parish office, and the parish website under the Ministry-MSP-Schedules. To those without access to the internet I will be mailing out hard copies; everyone please let me know if you ever want a hard copy and I will send them to you.
 
**Growing our Liturgical Ministries**
As we look forward to the end of our pandemic restrictions and re-summing our ministries, beginning the weekend of August 1^st, we are excited to announce that we are opening the church to full seating and the return of full ministries. We are in need of more volunteers for the following ministries: sacristans, servers, along with ongoing ministries. Please take some time to pray about whether or not volunteering your time for any ministry would be of interest to you or a way for you to share your gifts of time and talent.

If interested, need more information, or if you have any questions, please contact our Director of Worship, Patrick Jekanowski at DBQ059S@dbqarch.org or (563) 583-1709, ext.313. 
 
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
Please let me know if you still need to be recommissioned by Father Steve. This may be done before or after Mass on the weekend, or during the week. After this blessing, we will get you the official certificate. Thank you!