NO handshakes, removing holy water and stopping communion via the tongue.
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They are among eight new recommendations to Catholic churches as part of efforts to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission.
The national bishops conference flagged the measures on Wednesday and they are now being adopted by churches.
Parishioners are being told to exchange the sign of peace rather than shake hands.
It is advised holy water no longer being offered for communal use, communion not involve wine from a chalice and alcohol-based gels or rubs be made available at church entrances.
Based on coronavirus spreading via saliva, the bishops have "therefore recommended that the Body of Christ only be administered in the hand because of the high risk of transmission if people continue to receive on the tongue".
Wodonga Catholic priest Junjun Anaya suggested that move could be the most contentious with some parishioners adamant the Eucharist be delivered on the tongue.
Some Catholics in their 80s have always had bread given on the tongue and may be reluctant to change, given its central role to the faith.
The administrator for the Wagga diocese, which covers Albury, Kevin O'Reilly, wrote to his priests that until further notice the faithful should be instructed "Holy Communion should be received only in the hand, not on the tongue" with the word not underlined.
Deniliquin priest Elisenio Abilgos, whose church is in the Wilcannia-Forbes diocese, said he would not provide bread on the tongue if a believer insisted on that method.
"I think they won't have any problem with that," he said.
Father Anaya, who applied the measures from mass on Thursday morning, said the action was not a surprise.
"I was half expecting this directive would come because when we had SARS there was a directive to avoid using the chalice, so because we've done it before it's not something that's new," he said.
Catholic schools and health services have also been told of the protocols.
Those already unwell or at risk of coronavirus have been urged to stay home and "honour their Sunday obligation" by praying at home, reading the Bible or watching mass on television.
