I am often asked this question: “During covid, out of respect for others I did not participate in Sunday Mass, but I followed it online or on TV. Can I consider the Sunday’s precept respected?”
Participation in Sunday's Eucharistic assembly must be felt more as a need than as a mere duty. Every baptized person is called to visibly nourish and manifest his communion in the body of Christ the Church.
The “precept” is a law that the Church has placed as a pedagogical tool to help us overcome a possible moment of laziness. In this perspective, absence from the assembly should be experienced as a suffering.
When there are reasons that do not allow us to be faithful to this appointment, we must not feel guilty. The pain experienced for not being able to participate in the Eucharistic banquet with the Lord Jesus and with our brothers and sisters in the faith is the the sign that we are right, overcoming the legalistic vision of Christian life.
A further sign “of being in the right” is given by those who, not being able to participate in the Eucharist, send in their contribution for the ministry of the Church at a time when people cannot attend and give their contribution.
Thank you for your question. I thank God for the gift of your Faith and love!
Fr. Louis
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Join us for Mass in the church which will take place Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Bilingual, Italian/English in the church. Masks and social distancing are required.
We hope to add additional masses in the near future.
The 6:00 p.m. English daily mass will resume the week of March 8th, Monday through Friday, and Vigil mass on Saturday.
Our Sunday Masses and Thursday Holy Hour will continue to be available via FaceBook live-stream.
Mass will resume in stages:
Sunday 11:00 a.m. Bilingual
- Italian at the altar.
Daily mass: 6:00 p.m. English
Saturday 6:00 p.m. Vigil mass: English
We are restricted to 25% of our capacity or 58 people with required social distancing.
Check your temperature:
Please do not come to mass if you have a temperature or if you feel ill.
Make sure you have your face mask or covering before you leave home.
You will be greeted by a volunteer.
Please Enter only through the designated door with a greeter. Sanitize your hands as directed by the greeter.
Fill in and keep contact card so you can notify us if you test positive for covid-19.
Observe physical distancing while the usher directs you to your seat
No physical sign of peace will be exchanged during Mass.
There will be no passing of offering baskets. Please leave your offering in the boxes provided as you exit.
Communion in the hand only will take place at the end of mass.
To view our full plan for reopening and other resources please go to the more drop-down at the top of the page and select "resources" tab.
The Parish of St. Peter was founded in the year 1904 to care for the spiritual and social needs of Italian immigrants who came to America in search of religious, social, and economic freedom.
Today, through liturgical, educational and social programs, St. Peter’s Italian Church in Los Angeles continues the mandate given to the Missionaries of St. Charles by their founder Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini to care for all migrants as they journey toward the Kingdom of God. Find out more information on our history: