We have two sanctuaries and two priests. Can we utilize our resources and serve twice as many parishioners?

A. Thank you for your question and thinking “outside the box’. We assume you are not referring to the chapel in our new church building but rather the old sanctuary we left last October as the other available sanctuary.  We are sure that you are aware that using the Chapel would not add to the number of people allowed in the building to any measurable degree.   The logistics of opening the old sanctuary present quite a challenge.  The space currently is being used for storage, the crucifix is no longer there, the vestments and sacred vessels are in the other church and the list goes on.  More importantly, having two separate and distinct buildings on the same campus where the Sunday Liturgy is offered runs contrary to the norms of the Diocese.  Even if it were allowed by the Diocese, our parish leadership has decided that trying to make all of that happen in the current ever-changing environment would be counter-productive.