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.