church of St. John the Evangelist

SOME NOTES REGARDING 
THE UPCOMING WORK IN THE CHURCH

The removal of the pews for restoration will begin on the morning of Monday, June 17. We are told that the restoration process will take ten weeks, so for the duration, weekend Masses will be celebrated in McCaffrey Hall, beginning next weekend, June 22/23. (During the time that the pews are out, the tiles in the aisles will be removed and the hardwood floor throughout the church will be refinished.)  

A few reminders about our time out of the church:
• Daily Mass will continue to be celebrated in the chapel; the chapel will be open each day for personal prayer, and if anyone would like to stop in and light a candle.
• Baptisms will be celebrated in the gym.
• Funerals will be celebrated at neighboring parishes, depending on which is available on a given day. The priests and musicians from St. John’s will travel to that church for the funeral; all else (e.g., wake services, committals) will be as usual. Arrangements for funerals will be made in the usual way, i.e., the funeral home will contact St. John’s, and we’ll take it from there.
• We will set up a temporary confession station in the McCaffrey Hall kitchen; this will include the usual options of anonymous or face-to-face confession. Confessions on the Thursday before First Friday will be in the chapel sacristy (parish center first floor).
• A section of parking spaces right across from the back gym door (the one with the ramp) will be reserved for those who normally park along the side of the church or in other designated handicapped spaces. There will be temporary signs designating this block of spaces.

As we get into August, we’ll have a better idea of when we can move back into the church. Once we know that date with certainty, we’ll be asking for volunteers to help move everything from the gym back over. In the meantime, thank you for your patience with the inconvenience as we undertake this necessary work.