Saint Helen's, Langside

At last we are able to announce that many of the restrictions which have affected us so much over the last 18 months have been eased. This is very welcome news for many areas of our lives, not least for our ability to attend Mass more easily.
With immediate effect there is no longer any need to book a place for weekday or Sunday Masses. Welcome Home! We’ve missed you!
In common with all indoor spaces, some measures will remain in place. These are noted below,

• Masks/Face Coverings are still to be worn in the Church.
• You will still be asked to sanitise your hands on entering and leaving the Church.
• We will be maintaining a routine of cleaning surfaces and spaces within the church.
• We are still required to temporarily retain contact information (for 21 days) of all those who attend Mass.

• For WEEKDAY MASSES: If you are a regular, just give your name to the volunteer and you will be ticked off the list of regular visitors. If it’s your first time back to a weekday Mass you will be asked for your name and contact number on your first visit and then you have become a regular! You will just need to be ticked off on your next visit!
• For SUNDAY MASSES: There are two different options to enable us to fulfill the requirement to collect your contact details:

• The preferred method is to use your smart phone camera to scan the QR code which will be printed in the bulletin and displayed prominently on posters in the Church. This will allow you to enter your details in the same way as you would for a restaurant or other venue. You will be asked for your name, contact number, and the number of people in your group. So only one person in each family/group needs to do this.
• If you do not have access to a smart phone, our volunteers will offer you a card which you need to complete with the same required information. You should then place the completed card in one of the white offertory collection boxes which are positioned around the Church. You will need to do this each Sunday you visit Saint Helen’s – so maybe you could take a few cards home with you and bring one already completed on the next occasion when you come to Mass.

For both weekday and Sunday Masses we will resume our normal way of receiving Holy Communion. We simply ask that you are patient and respectful of other who might still be a little nervous by leaving sufficient space between yourself and others in the line for Communion.
The same applies to seating within the Church – the church is sufficiently large that we should still be able to leave some space in between individuals and groups, even if we are no longer legally obliged to do so.

The Catholic Church in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness and well-being of each individual person and seeks to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity with the Church and its organisations. Our full policy statement with useful contact details can be found HERE.