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  For the last two years, the Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools Leadership Team, under the guidance and authority of the four Quincy pastors, has been working with Quincy Notre Dame High School, Quincy University, the Diocese of Springfield, and a consulting group from Boston, “Partners in … [Read more...] about QCES Leadership Listening Sesisons

On December 1, 2020, Bishop Paprocki issued an instruction to the the clergy and the people of the Diocese of Springfield-in-Illinois regarding the custom of giving blessings to those in the Communion Procession who do not receive Holy Communion.  I discuss this instruction briefly in this coming … [Read more...] about Instruction on the Custom of Blessings during Holy Communion

Throughout the fall, I have participated in regular surveillance testing for COVID-19 as part of taking a class at the University of Illinois in Springfield, and along with the rest of the St. Dominic School staff, I participated in special testing on Tuesday, November 10 and was again tested … [Read more...] about Fr. Tom’s announcement…

Hello again, everyone.  It has been a while since I have issued any guidance or advice about Mass attendance in the time of COVID-19.  As you know, the infection rates have been very, very high recently (see Adams County COVID dashboard) and show no end in sight.  The governor could be announcing … [Read more...] about Mass Attendance during the COVID surge…

As I mentioned in last week's bulletin at announced at Mass: The 6:30pm Mass on Saturday and the 10:30pm Mass on Sunday will be for our Confirmation and First Communion Candidates and their families.  We regret that because of attendance limitations due to the COVID-19 crisis and imposed by civil … [Read more...] about Reminder about Masses July 25/26