OLHC is temporarily closed. Father Perez is slowly improving. Let us continue to pray for him. Let us also pray that Mr. Wiest and others who continue to spread lies against Father Starbuck will repent. Let us pray for Father Starbuck to be protected by Our Lady and St. Michael and all the angels and saints, that he may be given the grace to withstand the character assasination, lies, calumny, hate mail and other attacks to which he is being subjected.
Here is Father Starbuck's email to chapel members.
Dear Parishioners,
Recent days and weeks have seen a heightened occurrence of Coronavirus at Our Lady Help of Christians. I have kept a cautious eye on occurrences, especially this past couple of weeks. Yesterday, I had a server who was coughing at the 7:30 Mass. After the Gospel reading, I asked him to leave the sacristy. He did not understand, and proceeded to join the other servers on the Epistle side of the sanctuary. After my sermon, I was able to make my instructions clear for him to leave the sanctuary. Today I was informed that this server did, indeed, have Coronavirus, as did his family. This was a notable development. In order to arrest the transmission of Coronavirus in our parish, I see no alternative but to cancel public Masses for a period of at least two weeks. This will begin immediately. The Sunday 10:00 AM Mass will be live-streamed. Discussions about having Communion did not indicate that that was a practical or real possibility. Therefore, the chapel will be closed to the public.
Having this exposure means that there is a possibility that I, too, could become sick; and if so, that I might not be able to celebrate the Sunday Mass. At the present time, I feel fine. Please keep me in your prayers. You, of course, remain in mine.
In our Lord,
Fr. Starbuck