Front Office and Gift Shop areas (public areas) dismantled
New vinyl plank flooring installed in both public areas
Extra door to copier area removed
Wall repaired and painted
New couches and desk added to reception area
Gift Shop physical inventory undertaken over two weeks
Met with Ladies Guild Officers re: disbursement of funds
April 19, 2020—2nd Sunday of Easter
Sunday mass w/o congregation
Home Edition bulletin added to website
April 22, 2020
Letter to Parishioners—Celebrating the Easter Season
8 Paschal Stations of Resurrection
Bishop’s weekly message broadcast
April 26, 2020—3rd Sunday of Easter
Sunday Mass w/o congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
April 30, 2020
Diocese announces reduction in staff—due to financial drain from COVID-19
Bishop’s weekly message
Terminated 9 of furloughed employees
1 employee returned to full-time status (Accounting)
May 3, 2020—4th Sunday of Easter
Sunday Mass w/o congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
May 6, 2020
Webinar Conference with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
May 8, 2020
Announcing National Day of Prayer
Future re-opening of churches with special protocols coming soon
Continued General Dispensation from Sunday Mass Obligation
Mass attendance reduced to 125 maximum/mass
Entrance to church not allowed until 30 min. prior to mass
Proper physical distancing and sanitizing required
Mass time reduced to 30 min.
No Entrance/Recessional
Communion procession called by rows
No Holy Water
No distribution of the Precious Blood
Masks strongly encouraged
No sign of peace or greeting before or after mass
No singing/music
No missals or paper products allowed
Announcing one Weekday mass on Thursday’s at 8am
Office re-opens to the public—Mon. thru Thurs. 8:30—10:30 am
Gift Shop Closed
Mass times changed to 4pm Sat. only, 8 & 10 AM Sun., and 12 noon Sun.
Bishop’s weekly message
May 10, 2020—5th Sunday of Easter
Sunday Mass w/o congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
May 11, 2020
Bishop announces that Masses may resume
Some locations will begin to open later and on a limited basis
Fr. Eric has surgery
May 12, 2020
Andrew re-hired for sound and audio/virtual streaming of masses
May 13, 2020
Webinar with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
May 17, 2020—6th Sunday of Easter
1st Mass with congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
1st Mass streamed live on Youtube®
Bishop’s weekly message—“the risk remains for many,”
May 20, 2020
Webinar with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
May 21, 2020
Fr. Eric’s has Surgery
May 24, 2020—7th Sunday of Easter
2nd Mass with congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
Bishops weekly message
May 27, 2020
Webinar with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
May 31, 2020—Pentecost Sunday
Sunday Mass with congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
Transitional Deacons ordained—leading to priesthood ordination
June 3, 2020
Bishops Pastoral letter on Pentecost
Staff holds 25th Anniversary luncheon for Deacon Dick and Fr. Eric
Webinar with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
June 4, 2020
Letter to parish—Masks now mandatory on all church property
Began 40 hours of training for new Parishsoft Database®
June 5, 2020
Bishops weekly message
June 7, 2020—The Most Holy Trinity
Mass with congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
Bishops Weekly message
June 8, 2020
Bishop offers special mass for the “Forgiveness of the Sin of Racism”
Bishop’s weekly message
June 9, 2020
Desert Financial Webinar for new banking set-up and transition of accounts
June 10, 2020
Webinar with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
June 11, 2020
Letter to Parish Suspending the Sunday 12noon mass
Jun 14, 2020—The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Sunday Mass with congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
Bishops weekly message
June 17, 2020
Kathy Tully on-site inspection of all property—Catholic Mutual Insurance
Webinar with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
June 21, 2020—12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday Mass with congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
Bishops Weekly Message
1st Weekend with only 4pm Saturday, 8am & 10am Sunday masses
June 24, 2020
Webinar with the Diocese—3:00—4:30pm
June 27, 2020
St. Steven’s Office closed until after the 4th of July holiday
Fr. Rafael Umaña, a priest of the Cathedral tests positive for COVID-19
Bishop & priests of the Cathedral Quarantined
June 28, 2020—13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday Mass with congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
June 30, 2020
COVID-19 tests for Bishop Olmsted and Fr. Lankeit negative
In a spirit of care for the common good both isolate thru July 7
July 2, 2020
Letter to Parishioners suspending masses for two weeks
Leap in number of COVID-19 cases
July 5, 2020—14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1st Sunday Mass w/o congregation again
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
July 12, 2020—15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday Mass w/o congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
July 14, 2020
Letter to Parishioners continuing the church closure
Adding streamed virtual masses daily at 8 am along with the Sunday 8 am mass
Meeting scheduled with Councils/Staff/Deacons/Priests—discuss reopening
July 22, 2020
Letter to Parishioners announcing the reopening of Masses and Office
New Protocols put in place involving temperature checks and reserved mass seats
July 26, 2020
Sunday Mass w/o congregation
Home Edition of bulletin added to website
July 29,2020
Begin new pre-registration to reserve a spot for the next weeks masses
PROJECTS
Face mask OR SHEILDS ARE required for all visitors
Daily CLEANING & Sanitization of Office AND Bathrooms
Staff has Limited Contact with Vendors or Visitors
CHURCH
Worked with contractor to install new sound booth, pews, and Prie-dieu
Install stanchion, new computer and lighting, for sound booth and grit painted the floor for safety
Removed Old Stations of the Cross and installed new Stations of the Cross
The church was cleaned and disinfected – FREE ($2000)
Found vendor to refurb all old oak church doors to dark stain to match all the center doors—We removed and reinstalled
Worked with Locksmith to install all new door handles for refurbished doors in the church
Repaired toilet ladies’ room
Ordered and installed 2 new free-standing hand sanitizing stations
Ordered disinfectant and fogger to sanitize building
Worked with electrician on Altar church lights –Still to be completed
Worked with electrician on outside building lights – Still to be completed
GENERAL OFFICE
Due to less staff we relocated offices and furniture for Yadi, Andrew, Music, Deacons and Karen
All holes in walls were filled and painted in Yadi’s, Karen’s, Mike’s, and liturgy office
Worked with Airtime (AC) to get a twice a year service plan going for all air conditioners. The AC units in the office had not been cleaned in 4 years and were very DIRTY!
Contacted the company that made our signs, Bootz & Duke for new decals for Liturgy, Deacons and Coordinator of Catechesis signs
CHAPEL
Found vendor to re-stain the churches old oak chairs, kneelers, ambo and altar table · The floor in the new Chapel floor sanded and restained
Hung the pictures, Crucifix and Stations of the Cross in the Chapel and installed New Adoration Tabernacle
Ordered and installed felt covers for the kneelers, chairs, ambo, and the altar table
Installed old Prie-dieu
Installed and created a New LED Sanctuary candle for the Tabernacle
FRONT OFFICE
Removed the old front reception counter, electrical and network cabling
Worked with Father Eric on new flooring due to the torn and cut-up old carpet
Installed sound panels in front office
Installed Pope & Bishops’ pictures and Gift Shop hangings in front area
Installed New Social Distancing decals for floor
Assembled and installed the new furniture (2 loveseats & table)
Hung new blinds in office and storage area
Ordered and installed the new hand sanitizing station for front desk
Cleaned cold air return vents
Ordered and Installed new Splatter guard for front office and gift shop
Removed and reinstalled all gift shop cabinets, shelves and cash register for installation of new flooring
GENERAL
Bell tower lights (which have not worked) now work again—required an electrician to bring a big boom truck to change the fixtures (now LED)
Continued to work with Ardan Co. for the completion of the new maintenance building
Worked with Canyon State Fire to test all Fire Sprinkler System
Checked all Extinguishers at the Parish and Rectory
Emergency lights and AED required to be checked and replaced 1 battery
Worked with electrician on replacing the lights in courtyard and cloister walks
Washed buildings for cobwebs and dirt plus cleaned all windows
Worked with Security company to complete installation
Ordered new window shade for the Great Hall (sheers were falling apart and had acquired a foul odor)
Continue work with landscaper, and our all our existing vendors (to keep the appearance of the church to our high standards)
OPEN JOBS TO BE COMPLETED
Began to clean old maintenance room and sort all stored materials
Moved to new maintenance building
Put new front on golf cart parking gate doors and newborn pump door
Make shelves for statues in Chapel
Install floor decals in Gift Shop
Call pool company for the Unborn fountain upkeep and repair
Clean lights in office area
Clean out classroom 1
Install 2 new motion sensors for office bathroom fans