Changing your Adoration Schedule: You may change your adoration schedule at any time the need arises. We ask only that you let us know in advance by notifying your Hourly Perpetual Adoration Coordinator.

Absence Due to Illness or Other Reasons: When you must be absent, please plan ahead when possible. Each of us is responsible for our own hour to the extent of assuring that someone will always be present with the Blessed Sacrament when we can't be there ourselves. If several persons are scheduled at your hour, make certain someone else will be present in your absence. Never assume, without calling, that others will automatically be there. When you are the only person scheduled at your hour, please arrange for a substitute. If possible, find a person before the need arises who would be willing to substitute for you on occasion; or if this presents a hardship, contact your Hourly Coordinator for assistance in finding a substitute. We have a list of those who are willing to substitute, so this should not be difficult.

What to Do if No One Arrives to Cover the Next Hour: If your time allows, consult the schedule posted near the telephone and call the person scheduled for the following hour. If that person is on the way, please wait until they arrive, or if they cannot be reached by phone, stay the entire hour until the next person arrives. This is entirely voluntary. If you must leave promptly at the conclusion of your hour and no one has arrived to cover the next hour, before leaving please telephone the rectory (503-644-2619) if between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday through Friday.

Telephone for Emergency Use: A telephone for police, fire, medical emergencies, calls to the parish rectory, the next person scheduled, or a substitute is located in the small sacristy adjoining the Adoration Chapel. This phone is for the above use only and should never be used for personal calls. This telephone does not accept incoming calls. If you feel an immediate threat, lock yourself in the sacristy and call the non-emergency police line at 503-629-0111 until the police arrive.

Inclement Weather: You will be notified by telephone if adoration is canceled due to inclement weather and again when it is resumed.

Spiritual and Devotional Readings: Materials will be available in the foyer outside the Adoration Chapel. We ask that these be returned to the foyer as you leave the chapel. If you are seeking specific direction or guidance as to the type and content of spiritual reading materials, please consult with one of the parish priests. Also, we ask that no other material be left without the approval of one of the priests.

Perpetual Adoration Communications: Current adoration schedules and other communications concerning Perpetual Adoration will be posted on the bulletin board in the foyer outside the Adoration Chapel. Please check the bulletin board regularly. Additional copies of the Adoration Schedule will be available in the Chapel sacristy. Notices will be posted when revised schedules are published; please take a new schedule at that time and discard the old one.

Suggestions or Comments: If you have a comment or suggestion you feel would address a perceived need to offer an enhancement to the Perpetual Adoration Program in St. Cecilia Parish, please contact your Divisional Leader or speak to Fr. Pat or Fr. Peter.

A Final Word: Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has said, "The Church and the world have a great need for Eucharistic Worship. Jesus awaits us in this sacrament of love. Let us not refuse the time to go meet him in adoration, in contemplation full of faith, and openness to making amends for serious offenses and crimes of the world. Let our adoration never cease."