Yes. You can watch our 9 AM mass live on our Facebook page (UB Newman) or watch it later on our Facebook page or on our YouTube account.

The dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday mass remains in place. Those who are in an at-risk group, especially those over the age of 65, or those who are simply uncomfortable attending a public liturgy, are encouraged to remain at home and view mass virtually,

Yes. We encourage you to bring your own, but we will also have masks available for you if you forget your facial covering. You must wear a facial covering over your nose and mouth in order to come into the Newman Center. You must keep the facial covering on over your nose and mouth for the entire time you are at the Newman Center. We will also have hand sanitizing stations located throughout the Newman Center for your use.

Yes. If you are comfortable with receiving the Eucharist, it will be offered during Mass. While we’ll limit the amount of people waiting in the communion line at a time to keep everyone socially-distanced, anyone who wishes to receive the Eucharist will be given a chance to do so. Please remember that you must receive the host in your hands (to protect Fr. Pat and our eucharistic ministers). When you are given the host, wait until you’ve returned to your seat to quickly remove your facial covering, consume it, and then replace your mask.

There will be a link posted on the Newman website for our ticket reservation system. Every Friday at 10 AM, tickets will become available.

• You can reserve tickets online through Eventbrite or by calling the office (716-636-7495).
• The number of tickets available will be capped at our capacity limit.
• For our first week, we are reopening at 50% capacity — we’re phasing our reopening to make sure that our protocols are effective and that our plan doesn’t have any bugs in it that need correcting. This means that there will be 50 tickets available for every mass this coming weekend. Hopefully, our plan will work well and we’ll be able to increase our capacity soon.
• You will need to bring your ticket with you when you come to mass. You can bring a printed copy or simply show the ticket on your phone at check-in. If you do not have a ticket, we cannot let you attend mass. When you do show your ticket, we’ll need to verify the contact information you included in your registration. Following this — and we’ll need to check tickets for everyone and have contact information for at least one person in every household that attends mass — an usher will take you to a seat.

We’ll only be using the main entrance for the Newman Center for both entering and exiting. At the end of mass, an usher will dismiss you. To continue social distancing among attendees, an usher will direct your section and row when to leave. You will not be able to gather anywhere inside the Newman Center following mass.

• There won’t be any singing at masses indefinitely.
• We won’t be passing baskets at the offertory; instead, there will be a single basket at the main entrance that you will be able to drop donations into.
• There won’t be water in the baptismal fonts or song books or missals out.
• Any contact among different households won’t be permitted — this means no handshakes or hugs before mass, no hand-holding during the “Our Father”, and only waves or two fingers at the sign of peace.