Holy Thursday
• There should be no washing of the feet.
• Processions should be minimized, and strict social distancing should be observed in any procession.

Good Friday
• Since we are not using missalettes and cannot distribute materials in the pews, the Passion should be read in some format that does not require the use of handouts or missalettes by the congregation, for instance simply including one more lector to read the part of the people where that is called for, or projecting the responses if the parish has the capacity to do that.
• During the Veneration of the Cross o It should be made clear that parishioners should not be touching or kissing the Cross.
• Kneelers or stanchions or some other barrier may be necessary to keep that from happening.
• Strict social distancing should be observed in the approach to the Cross for veneration.
• Parishioners may venerate the cross in any way that does not involve touching the cross, such as genuflection or kneeling.
• The Veneration of the Cross could be done by the whole congregation spending time in silent prayer before the Cross, rather than by approaching it.

Easter Vigil
• If a parish is celebrating the Easter Vigil outside, Cardinal Sean has given permission for that celebration to begin at 4:00PM. Otherwise, the celebration should begin no earlier than 7:41PM.
• If there is an outside fire with people around it, the people should be strictly distanced.
• Congregational tapers are not recommended, as blowing them out is impossible with a mask.
• The length of the liturgy should be considered in choosing the number of readings and the music.
• See #23 in the Easter Vigil rubrics, which may work well for you this year: “In place of the responsorial psalm, a period of sacred silence may be observed, in which case the pause after ‘Let us pray’ is omitted.”