The Knights of Columbus Take the Lead on Improving Church Etiquette

Knights of Columbus-Archbishop Hurley Council 11069

• Remember to keep your Eucharistic fast by abstaining from food and beverages (water excluded) for an hour before Mass.
  
• Always dress modestly and appropriately.  Arrive early to allow for personal prayer and/ or read the readings of the day.
  
• Turn off all mobile devices while still in the vestibule.  This is your time with God and His people.  Use the restroom before or after Mass.  Men remove hats or caps before the Lord.
  
• Deposit all water bottles in the waste receptacles.
  
• Make the sign of the cross with Holy Water upon entering.
  
• Genuflect with great reverence towards the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle before entering your pew.  If unable to genuflect, a profound bow is respectful.
  
• Refrain from chit-chat which distracts others who are connecting with God through prayer before Mass.
  
• Join the singing.  St. Anselm said that “singing is praying twice.”  Singing with others gives great praise to God, which is really why we are gathered here.
  
• than that which is made during the thanksgiving after Communion.” (St. Alfonsus Liguori)
  
• Remember that the point of being at Mass is not to see what we can get out of it, but what you can do to praise and worship the Almighty.