St. Mary & St. Ann 

Catholic Church

We continue to follow the guidelines given to us by the Diocese of Lansing and the MDHHS. In short that means we must wear masks and practice social distancing. Our worship spaces are set up to accomodate this along with only allowing our worship spaces to be filled with up to 30 perscent of our seating capacity. To avoid turning anyone away we have established overflow space at both St. Mary and St. Ann. You will be able to watch Mass from a live stream and receive Holy Eucharist. 

Dispensation from Sunday and Holy Day Mass EXTENDED
to February 16

Bishop Boyea has extended the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday and Holy Day Mass until February 16, 2021, which is the day before Ash Wednesday. Bishop Boyea has offered the dispensation in order to ease the conscience of so many, especially or elders, when it comes to not attending Mass on Sunday or a Holy Day of Obligation. The purpose behind the dsipensation is not to say that attending Mass on Sunday or Holy Days is not important. Instead it accepts that for now, given current pandemic conditions, it may be physcially unsafe to do so for those who are part of a vulnerable population. Although not obligated to come to Mass, we are obligated to do something to make sure that Sunday is a day of rest and prayer-the Sabbath. Making sure to pray, to take part in one of our live-streamed Masses, to watch Mass on TV, to refrain from unnecessary work, are all ways we can keep the Sabbath holy even if we are not able to attend Mass in person.