MIAMI – Archdiocese of Miami suspended public Catholic Masses and liturgical events on Wednesday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski is encouraging parishes to increase the implementation of regular livestreams and to use social media more often.
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“These efforts will enable the faithful to continue to remain close to the Lord and the Church in this challenging time, while protecting one another and the community against COVID-19,” Wenski said in a statement.
The suspension applies to all regularly scheduled celebrations of Masses or other liturgical events in parish churches and other public sanctuaries. It also applies to prayer groups and Bible studies.
Priests will respond to calls from a hospital or other health facility and will cooperate with that hospital or facility by following proper protocols as required such as wearing of masks, gloves and protective clothing.
The churches will allow funerals and baptisms and weddings that cannot be postponed. According to the archdiocese’s announcement, immediate family members “who are not sick and are not advised by their doctors to self-isolate” will be allowed since “appropriate social distancing should be observed.”
“While there will be priests who need to self-isolate because of age, underlying physical condition, or illness, parishioners should be able to communicate with a priest, deacon or available staff by phone or by email,” the announcement said.
Relevant Radio, available at 880 AM and 1080 AM, provides Catholic programming.
DAILY MASS ONLINE
- EWTN in English: 8 a.m. daily, repeated at noon and 7 p.m. It can also be accessed at ewtn.com/tv/watch-live or heard at ewtn.com/radio/listen-live; or accessed at any time at: https://video.ewtn.com/daily-mass/.
- EWTN in Spanish: 2 a.m. and 11 a.m., daily Mass of Pope Francis from Santa Marta; 8 a.m., daily Mass live. Go to: https://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live-es.asp; listen at https://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live_player-es.asp?sat=radios.
- NET TV (from the Diocese of Brooklyn): 9 a.m. Monday through Friday in Spanish; noon and 5 p.m. weekdays, in English. Go to: https://netny.tv/
- St. Boniface, Pembroke Pines: 8 a.m., Monday thru Saturday, in English; 7 p.m., Monday through Friday in Spanish. http://www.saintboniface.us/.
- CatholicTV Network: Sunday through Friday in English, Sundays in Spanish. Go to: watchthemass.com.
Sunday Mass
- On the archdiocesan website: in English (from Heart of the Nation) and in Spanish (produced locally) from 6 p.m. Saturday through all of Sunday; and from 4 p.m. Saturday through all of Sunday on our You Tube channel. The English Mass also can be viewed at 6:30 a.m. Sundays on WSFL-39. The Spanish Mass can be seen at 6:30 a.m. Sundays on WLTV 23-Univision and at 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sundays on Canal Sur. Visit https://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Television_Mass.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Doral: Sundays, 8:30 a.m. in English and 10 a.m. in Spanish. Go to: Our Lady of Guadalupe Doral TV.
- Our Lady of Lourdes, Miami: Sundays, 11:45 a.m. in English; 1:30 p.m. in Spanish. Go to their YouTube channel: http://www.ololourdes.org/church/CatholicChurch.php?op=Live_Mass.
- San Isidro, Pompano Beach: Sundays, 9 a.m. in English and 11:30 a.m. in Spanish. http://www.sanisidro.org/
- St. Boniface, Pembroke Pines: in English: Saturday vigil, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.; in Spanish: vigil, Saturday, 6 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. http://www.saintboniface.us/.
- St. Hugh, Coconut Grove: Sunday Mass in English, 9 and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Mass in Spanish, 12:30 p.m. Go to: https://sthughmiami.org/church/television/.
- St. Louis, Pinecrest: livestreaming all weekend Masses at https://stlcatholic.org/live-feed/.
- St. Matthew, Hallandale: English Mass, 11:30 a.m.; Spanish Mass, 1 p.m., on their Facebook page.
- NET TV (from the Diocese of Brooklyn): 11 a.m. Sundays, Mass in English. https://netny.tv/.