Family Mass Hospitality

Family Mass Hospitality

A gathering of parishioners in a social setting after the 10:30 am Sunday Family Mass in the parish lobby promotes parish community and fellowship.

For more information or to volunteer in this ministry, please contact Ellen Aslanian in the Religious Education Office at (spxreled@spxny.org).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOSPITALITY SERVICE AT THE 10:30 AM MASS:

Supplies you will bring:

  1. Milk (1/2 gallon)
  2. Juice (2 gallons)
  3. Snacks (8-10 boxes of munchkins/cookies) (Smaller, bite-sized snacks are ideal.)

Supplies provided by the parish:

  1. Coffee
  2. Sugar
  3. Napkins
  4. Tablecloth
  5. Stirrers
  6. Hot Cups
  7. Cold Cups

Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to Mass to set up and leave Mass before the end of the closing hymn so the hospitality table is staffed before the congregation leaves the church.

BEFORE MASS:

  1. Place one folding table in front of the Memorial Wall with a large garbage pail next to the table;
  2. Put a tablecloth on the table;
  3. Put cold cups, napkins, drinks and snacks on the table;
  4. Fill the coffee urn with cold water from the janitor’s closet for 15-20 cups of coffee, place coffee in the urn for 15-20 cups of coffee and plug the urn into the outlet in the kitchenette (On an average Sunday, 15-20 cups of coffee is more than enough, so please don’t make a full pot as it is only wasted.); and
  5. Put stirrers, 20 hot cups, sugar, milk and napkins next to the coffee urn on the kitchenette counter.

The folding table and garbage pail are in the janitor’s closet and the other supplies provided by the parish are in the cabinets/drawers in the kitchenette. (If the janitor’s closet is locked, ask one of the priests to open it for you.)

AFTER HOSPITALITY:

  1. Discard used items (e.g., used coffee grinds, used cups, used napkins, etc.);
  2. Wash the coffee urn in the janitor’s room and put the urn back on the kitchenette counter;
  3. Wipe and dry the tablecloth and kitchenette counter;
  4. Put the unused leftover supplies and tablecloth back into the drawers/cabinets in the kitchenette;
  5. Tie the garbage bag and place it in the janitor’s closet;
  6. Put a new bag in the garbage pail;
  7. Fold the table; and
  8. Put the garbage pail and table back into the janitor’s closet.

NOTE: We suggest that you initially hold back some of the treats and replenish, as needed. Please save some treats for our altar servers.

Thank you for volunteering and making St. Pius X a vibrant and welcoming parish!