• Priest, Deacons, Musician (1), Lector (1), Ushers (2), Maintenance

• Guests- Total number allowed 25.

• The exit will be the double doors facing the bell of the church.

• When Mass ends, each row will be escorted by usher to exit church through the designated exit door.

• When receiving Communion:

• Collection box for offertory will be placed on the back center wooden table as you enter and exit church.
• A table near the back light switches as you enter the church will have disinfectants and cleaning supplies readily available.

Additional guidelines
• No social gatherings before or after Mass, e.g. coffee and donuts.
• No entering or exiting of undesignated locations. 

• COVID-19 entrance display flyer posted on Entrance of church. 

• If parishioners have protective masks, it is strongly encouraged that they wear them.

Priest and Deacons
• Limit activities to the sacraments only.
• No procession of the offertory gifts of bread and wine should take place. They will be brought forward from a credence table in the sanctuary.
• Remove holy water from the holy water fonts.
• On the sanctuary ensure social distancing is maintained.
• Should not contact exposed skin.
• Communion under the Precious Blood is not to be offered at this time.
• Communion to the homebound remains suspended.

Ushers
• Limit the number of people in the worship space to 25% of capacity of church building.
• Monitor Entrance, inside, and exiting of church that at least six feet of separation at all times.
• Place collection box on back table.
• Prop open door into church worship space.
• At the end of Mass exit each row and direct them towards the exit.

Maintenance
• Someone available before, during, and after Mass to sanitize church, per CDC guidelines.
• Ensure proper cleaning of frequently touched surfaces in the church after each Mass concludes, per CDC guidelines.
• Hand sanitizer at the church entrance and located inside of church.
• Put markings on the floor to guide people on proper distancing guidelines when going up to receive Communion.
• Cordon off every other pew.
• Removal of all hymnal and liturgical aids from church pews and put in flower room.
• Have disinfectants and cleaning supplies readily available on a table near the back light switches. 

• Cordon off water fountains. 

• Notification/Signage for Bathrooms.

A message from Fr. Agustín Guzmán, C.O., Pastor of St. Mary regarding the current COVID-19 crisis.

Pastor's Message to the St. Mary Church on March 30, 2020 regarding this COVID-19 crisis:

Due to health concerns regarding COVID-19 (Corona Virus) and for the safety of the people, Bishop Robert Guglielmone has officially closed all churches in the Diocese of Charleston, which means all of South Carolina. Therefore, there will be no Masses, daily or on Sunday, no Stations of the Cross, public Rosaries, or other church gatherings. All are canceled until further notice.

Click here to see the Bishop's letter.

St. Mary Catholic Church will re-open for Mass on Sunday, May 17, 2020. Please see the following for the restrictions and guidelines for the limited reopening by clicking here. The Friday daily Mass will not start until Friday, May 22, 2020.

To see online Masses:

If you are unable to attend Mass because of being ill or quarantined, remember we have videos of our St. Mary Masses available by Sunday evening, but it does not include the full Mass. Here is a list of other sites that have live viewing of Masses:

St. Mary will be broadcasting live on Facebook at 10:00 am on Sundays. Later that evening, the taped version will be available in our Videos page. See the live streaming on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/stmaryrhsc/.

The Diocese of Charleston will be livestreaming from the Chapel of the Holy Family. Seminarians who are now in Charleston will participate in the liturgies. The schedule of daily and weekend Masses and other devotions is as follows:

On Facebook: facebook.com/DioceseChas Daily Mass Monday through Saturday at 8:30 am.

    Stations of the cross, Fridays at 3 pm.

On YouTube: youtube.com/DioceseChas 

    Sunday Mass with Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone at 11 am (English) and 12:30 pm (Espaniol).

Various Catholic Masses: www.catholictv.org/
St. Mary's in Greenville: Sunday at 11 am facebook.com/stmarysgvl
St. Michael in Garden City: Sunday at 9 & 11 am www.saintmichaelsc.net
EWTN broadcasts Mass on its television network www.ewtn.com/tv/schedule

Rita Smith, long time parishioner at St. Mary, known often as the "Flower Lady" went home to the Lord Sunday night, October 6, 2019 due to a heart attack. Our prayers for comfort go out to her husband, Reed and all the rest of her family. She had organized the Anniversary Mass, one of which was just a week ago, on September 28th. She loved our parish and was most active. Rita, we will miss you. We pray you are having a grand time in the arms of our Savior, what we are all looking forward to ourselves.

UPDATE: Rita's funeral will be Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 1:00 pm at St. Mary Catholic Church in Rock Hill. She will be interned following that and a repast after that held at the Brother David Boone Fellowship Hall at St. Mary.

July 7, 2019 we had the re-dedication of the St. Martin de Porres Chapel and the dedication of the Brother David Boone Fellowship Hall. This following video is a slideshow presentation done during the reception following the dedication and Mass. It is a history of St. Mary Catholic Church and Brother David Boone.

Our dear friend and fellow parishioner has gone home to the Lord. He was a co-chairman of the St. Mary Outreach program, and was most giving of all that he was to our parish. He passed away on Monday, July 1, 2019 while vacationing in Hawaii with his wife, Grace. He will be dearly missed.

His memorial service will be Saturday, July 27th at 10:30 am at St. Mary Catholic Church. There will be a repast afterwards.