Last Updated May 10, 2021

St. Luke Parish COVID-19 Phased Reopening Plan

• Weekday Morning and Sunday In-person Masses have resumed. Click for details...

• Communion Reception Line offered at 12:00-12:30 pm (Last day to be offered is May 30). 

• The Sunday 10:30 am Mass is live streamed (can be replayed).

• 'Drive-thru' Confessions offered on Saturdays at 10:00 am. Except select days.  More details...

• The Parish Office is now open to the public Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm (Closed for lunch 1:30-2:30 pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.). Items can also be left in office mailbox.

• The chapel still remains closed at this time.


• Parish buildings and grounds are closed to the public (staff and vendors excluded). 

• Details on other Sacraments... 

• Groups and ministry meetings are not permitted on campus until at least late Summer or early Fall. Please do not meet off campus.

• St. Luke Catholic School is open for in-person instruction. For registration information, call the School Office at (626) 291-5959 or e-mail principal@stluketemplecity.org.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this challenging time.

We will keep you posted on the latest as we move forward and ask for your continued
prayers and understanding as we navigate this fluid process. Thank you and God Bless.

The Vatican’s doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has determined that it is “morally acceptable” for Catholics to take these vaccines against the COVID-19 Virus. This judgment is deeply rooted in the Catholic moral tradition. 
 
On December 21, 2020, the CDF stated: “All vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in production of the vaccines derive” … “the morality of vaccination depends not only on the duty to protect one's own health, but also on the duty to pursue the common good.” “In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the epidemic, the common good may recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed.”
 
Thus, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles strongly encourages Catholics to receive a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for the sake of ourselves, our loved ones, and the common good.
 
If some of the faithful choose not to take the vaccine for reasons of conscience, the Vatican says those persons “must do their utmost to avoid … becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.” Read more...

• Moral Guidance on Vaccines
• USCCB Statement on the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine 

Visit VaccinateLACounty.com for more information, eligibility, and to schedule appointments. Residents who don’t have computer access may call (833) 540-0473 between 8:00 am and 8:30 pm for assistance with reservations.

• Pastors to remind faithful to keep the Sabbath holy: read the Gospels, pray with your family at home, make a spiritual communion.

• Dispensation from Sunday Obligation of Mass: Archbishop José H. Gomez dispenses all the Catholic faithful of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and all Catholics currently in the Archdiocese from the obligation of attending Sunday Mass until further notice. Furthermore, the public celebration of Mass continues to be suspended in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles until further notice. Read the liturgical guidelines.

• USCCB Resources for Catholics During COVID-19

• In this time of need, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, invites all the faithful to seek together the maternal intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a prayer.

• Temple City COVID-19 Information Website

• As this is an evolving situation, please continue to visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website for the latest information as well as the County of Los Angeles Public Health Department website. We will continue to communicate with you as this matter progresses in order to provide you with the accurate information as it becomes available along with best practices.