All In-Person Masses at Saint Joseph the Worker Parish are Temporarily Suspended Due to a Positive COVID-19 Test from a Member of the Clergy Team Out of an abundance of caution, all in-person Masses at the churches of St. Joseph the Worker parish are temporarily suspended, due to a member of the clergy team testing positive for COVID-19. Churches will re-open for in-person Masses on Saturday, December 5, 2020.
In the interim, live-stream Masses will be offered. Details will be posted on the parish website
https://sjwpitt.org/ We live-stream our masses on Sundays at 10am at:
www.YouTube.com/c/SJWPitt
The clergy member who tested positive last participated in a Mass on November 19, 2020. The parish follows all diocesan, local, and state, and federal health and safety guidelines including wearing face coverings, social distancing, and cleaning and sanitizing protocols.
Fr. Almade said, "Statistics are impersonal -- until someone you know becomes one. One member of the St. Joseph the Worker Parish clergy team has tested positive for COVID-19. His symptoms are mild, but I ask our parishioners to pray for him, his full recovery, and all who are afflicted during this pandemic. Since our clergy team was together for prayer and a meal with him, we are placing ourselves in quarantine out of an abundance of caution. I am sorry for any inconvenience this causes. I suggest that our parishioners who are well consider attending Mass at a neighboring parish, or anyone can watch our live-streamed Mass from Word of God church. See our website for details,"