Update to Covid-19 Protocols

Please note the following updates to St. Matthew's Covid-19 protocols, effective September 13, 2022:

• Face coverings continue to be optional inside the Cathedral, as reflected in our signage indicating: “Face masks encouraged but not required.”
• Deacons, priests, and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHCs) continue to be required to wear masks while giving Communion. Masks are otherwise optional for all ministers (ushers, lectors, servers, EMHCs, cantors, singers, deacons and priests) in the Cathedral, including in the sanctuary and sacristy.
• Masks are required to be worn in the confessionals.
• Masks are optional in the rectory office, conference rooms, and conference areas.