THE FLU AND IT CAME BACK
NEGATIVE, YOU SHOULD GO BACK
AND BE TESTED FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS.
WE ARE LIVE IN MIAMI, I AM TY
RUSSELL.
WITH GROWING APPREHENSION
ABOUT ROUTINE THINGS LIKE
SHAKING HANDS AND BEING IN
LARGE CROWDS, THE ARCHDIOCESE
OF MIAMI IS MAKING SOME
NOTICEABLE CHANGES AT CHURCH.
CARRIE IS LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD
WITH THIS PART OF THE STORY.
Reporter: WHEN PARISHIONERS
COME TO SAINT BERNADETTE HERE
IN HOLLYWOOD OVER THE WEEKEND,
THEY WILL NOTICE POTENTIALLY
SOME SUBTLE CHANGES TO THE
SERVICE.
THE PASTOR HERE TELLS ME HE IS
REMINDING HIS FLOCK THAT
KEEPING EACH OTHER HEALTHY IS
AN ACT OF CHARITY.
FATHER BRIAN GARCIA IS
PREPARING SAINT BERNADETTE
HOLLYWOOD CHURCH IN HOPES OF
PREVENTING ANY POSSIBLE SPREAD
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
HE IS EMPTYING THE HOLY WATER
RECEPTACLES AT THE FRONT OF THE
CHURCH IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE
SPREAD OF GERMS AND THERE ARE
SEVERAL OTHER STEPS THE
ARCHDIOCESE IS RECOMMENDING
LIKE INCREASED USE OF
ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP BY
MINISTERS.
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE SACRAMENTAL
WINE DURING HOLY COMMUNION.
IF YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO
SEEING THAT, WE WON'T BE SEEING
THAT.
IT IS NOT ABOUT HYSTERIA, IT
IS ABOUT COMMON SENSE.
IF YOU GET AHEAD OF
SOMETHING, YOU CAN HELP PREVENT
THINGS FROM HAPPENING.
THE ARCHDIOCESE IS
RECOMMENDING TEMPORARILY
SUSPENDING THE SIGN OF PEACE.
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE
HOLDING OF HANDS DURING THE OUR
FATHER PRAYER AND ENCOURAGING
SICK PARISHIONERS TO STAY HOME.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE
TAKING AWAY.
IT IS A WAY OF BEING KIND TO
OTHERS.
HE SAYS IT IS AN ACT OF
CHARITY TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH
OTHER'S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
THE ARCHDIOCESE IS SUGGESTING
PRIESTS CAN USE THEIR DISCRETION
.
I TOLD THE PARISHIONERS IF
YOU ARE FEELING SICK BUT YOU
STILL WANT TO COME SAY HELLO TO
ME, FEEL FREE TO NOD AND SMILE
AND I WON'T GET OFFENDED IF YOU
DON'T EXTEND YOUR HAND.
FATHER GARCIA SAID
PARISHIONERS WHO ARE SICK CAN
RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION AT HOME.
THESE ARE SUGGESTED CHANGES BY
THE ARCHDIOCESE AND FATHER
GARCIA SAID THEY ARE NOT
UNPRECEDENTED.