Very often, parishioners and visitors, with the best of intentions, bring to church outdated religious magazines, broken rosaries and statues, old "holy cards," and a plethora of various mailings they receive from mission organizations. They place them at the church doors, where they only serve to clutter the church and make additional work for our maintenance team.
Disposition of Religious Items
Kindly refrain from bringing such items to church. Bulk mailings from missions may be discarded in the usual way. Broken religious items, if not blessed, may also be discarded in the usual way. However, one should bury or burn blessed items. This can be done at home and the items need not be brought to church.