鈥淭he invasive nature of restoration efforts鈥� prompted the decision to close immediately for safety reasons, St. Michael鱿鱼视频app rector Fr. Michael Busch said in a statement. St. Michael鱿鱼视频app had originally planned to close later in the summer, but safety is the first priority, Busch said.
Restoration has been underway for the past three years.
A complete closure of the cathedral will run from now to mid-December. A brief Christmas season opening will be followed by full closure from January to March next year. Open for Holy Week and Easter, St. Michael鱿鱼视频app will then remain open until September, with the restoration scheduled to be complete for the Sept. 29 Feast of St. Michael, patron of the archdiocese.
Throughout the restoration St. John鱿鱼视频app Chapel will continue to offer daily Mass, accessible from 200 Church St.
St. Michael鱿鱼视频app Choir School will shift its Sunday Mass schedule in July to nearby St. Paul鱿鱼视频app Basilica, beginning in July. St. Paul鱿鱼视频app will add extra weekend Masses.
The cathedral is also urging its parishioners to seek Sunday Masses at other downtown parishes, including St. Basil鱿鱼视频app on the campus of the University of St. Michael鱿鱼视频app College just off Bay Street, north of Wellesley and St. Mary鱿鱼视频app, where Adelaide meets Bathurst Street.
St. Paul鱿鱼视频app Sunday Masses are on Saturday at 4:30 p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. In July the basilica will add Masses at 6 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Sundays and 1 p.m. Sundays.
St. Basil鱿鱼视频app weekend schedule begins with the Mass of anticipation Saturday at 5 p.m. Sunday morning Masses at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon and 4:30 p.m.
St. Mary鱿鱼视频app Mass schedule features English-language Masses at 5 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Portuguese-language Masses are Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.