COVID-19 Updates
Due to the recent relaxation of restrictions by the CDC, the states of the Metropolis of Detroit, and the recent guidelines from the Archdiocese, the Metropolis of Detroit will be following these new protocols beginning May 20th, 2021:
When entering the church:
During the service:
After the service:
When entering the church:
- Anyone who is currently experiencing any symptoms of illness must stay at home.
- Those who are fully vaccinated are no longer required to wear a face-covering and social distance in churches, but may continue to do so if they wish.
- Those who are not fully vaccinated should continue wearing face-coverings and to practice social distancing to protect themselves and others in churches.
- Parishes do not have the responsibility to verify who is and who is not vaccinated.
- Until further notice, icons should not be reverenced with a kiss.
During the service:
- Collection trays will be placed in the exonarthex and in the front of the church
- The doors inside the church will stay open.
- Every other pew only will be available for seating.
- At Communion time, it is important that parishioners WAIT until directed by a Council member to come to the altar for Communion.
- While in the aisles waiting for Holy Communion or antidoron, the people should remain socially distanced.
- In lieu of a Communion Cloth, the parish will have disposable napkins available to the faithful, and upon approaching the chalice, the parishioner would take a napkin, hold it under their own chin, wipe or dab their mouth, and then dispose of the napkin in a container, the contents of which will be burned after the service.
- Items to be distributed (Antidoron, Artous, Koliva) will be prepared and individually bagged by one person wearing gloves and a mask. A person who is wearing gloves will be chosen by Father to distribute Koliva.
After the service:
- Coffee hour will be offered following restaurant seating protocols. Coffee and food will be served by designated people wearing gloves.
- All ministries may resume.
- All reasonable efforts will be made to have a zoom option for meetings for participation of anyone not comfortable attending in-persons meetings.
- Hand-sanitizing stations will be in every room in which a gathering could take place, and everyone must use the sanitizer upon entrance to the room.
You may view the full COVID-19 Parish Procedures and Directives from the Archdiocese in the document below.
| may_20_covid_protocols.pdf |
Stewardship
It is now more important than ever that we continue to contribute towards our stewardship commitments, especially with the cancellation of events downtown and the negative effect that is having on our parking lot.
Please give what you can by clicking the donation button above or by mailing your donations to the church:
Annunciation Cathedral
707 E. Lafayette St.
Detroit, MI 48226
For those of you who are Amazon shoppers, you can align your account with the Cathedral so that 0.5% of the money you spend on Amazon is donated to the church. Start by going to the following link: smile.amazon.com
Once there, you can choose Annunciation Cathedral of Detroit. You just have to remember to log in to smile.amazon.com whenever you want to make a purchase.
Please give what you can by clicking the donation button above or by mailing your donations to the church:
Annunciation Cathedral
707 E. Lafayette St.
Detroit, MI 48226
For those of you who are Amazon shoppers, you can align your account with the Cathedral so that 0.5% of the money you spend on Amazon is donated to the church. Start by going to the following link: smile.amazon.com
Once there, you can choose Annunciation Cathedral of Detroit. You just have to remember to log in to smile.amazon.com whenever you want to make a purchase.