Mass Volunteers

Thank you for your interest in helping us ensure safe conditions for the celebration of public Mass!

Please read this information before filling out the form below:

We need volunteers to help us maintain safe conditions for those attending Masses. Training requirements include a COVID preparedness video, a Blessed Sacrament Volunteer Training video, and an in-person training.

The job descriptions below outline the roles that we think we will need to have a smooth and safe operation. These roles may shift and change. You will be able to attend a Mass that is not the Mass at which you are volunteering.

If you are at a higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19, these roles may not be safe or appropriate. To see the definition of those who are at a higher risk, click here. If you would still like to help out in some other way, please email mmathew@bspwa.org.

Job Descriptions

Outside Monitors/Foot Traffic Guides:

  • parking lot monitor: ensure that as people maintain physical distancing as they are heading from the parking lot to the check-in line

  • stand outside as people wait in line for check-in to help maintain a 6-foot distance between individuals or families

  • minimize the number of persons waiting in the check-in area

  • make sure people are only entering through the front doors of the Church

  • help check-in crew to ensure that those who are not on the registration list for that Mass do not enter once Mass has begun

  • will help facilitate a safe exit for all Mass attendees

Check-in Crew:

  • responsible for checking in all those registered to attend that particular Mass

  • getting verbal confirmation that attendees have self-monitored for COVID-19 symptoms

  • handing out masks to those who are not wearing them

  • monitoring the safes which will be available for parishioners to drop their collection into at the beginning and end of Masses at the check-in table

  • taking any information for those who are not registered to attend but would like to in the future by filling out registration cards for them. The volunteer and individual should step away from the check-in desk to do this.

  • responsible for ensuring that those who are not on the registration list for that Mass do not enter

Seating Usher/Monitor:

  • help see people to seats to help maintain 6 feet of distance between all people sitting down

  • monitor the South door so wheelchair access is available for those who need it

  • reconfiguring seating arrangements to ensure physical distancing

Eucharistic Distribution Monitor:

  • help sanitize priest’s hands in the case of contact during Eucharistic distribution

  • hold/monitor small table where ciborium will rest while priest is re-sanitizing hands in the case of contact during Eucharistic distribution

Cleaning Crew (Restricted to those 18 and older):

  • responsible for spraying down and wiping down chairs and all other high-touch surfaces after Mass is over

  • helping put away all chairs and tables and any other equipment/materials that need to be returned to the Church