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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

shrike3

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14. We are resuming mass with masks required (no exceptions) and social distancing

Reply to No Vested Interest (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 04:54 PM

Oct 2020

Every other pew occupied. Very sparsely attended, which I certainly understand. My parish is African-American, though I am not, and all are well aware of the toll Covid is taking on that community. The bishop has given a diocese-wide dispensation until November, and I've the feeling it'll be extended. Mass remains available on-line. Depending on what happens when the weather gets cold, I may return to on-line mass.

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I attended Mass in person this afternoon for the first time since early March. Very moving... [View all] No Vested Interest Sep 2020 OP

Sounds like talking through a little sliding screen door🙏 demosincebirth Sep 2020 #1

Are you referring to confession? I don't get your point. No Vested Interest Sep 2020 #2

I usually don't have a point. I just thought of that. demosincebirth Sep 2020 #3

Well, all right then. Maybe you'll have another thought by and by... No Vested Interest Sep 2020 #4

Same here. 634-5789 Sep 2020 #8

I can't blame you. Many in our parish are opting to remain at home. shrike3 Oct 2020 #15

Thank you for sharing such a blessed experience. Paz RestoreAmerica2020 Sep 2020 #5

A shared experience of facing the overwhelming beauty of life, all the more precious lostnfound Sep 2020 #6

See you there after I get vaccinated. 634-5789 Sep 2020 #7

You're correct: TV Mass is just fine and will have to suffice for most of us, most of the time. No Vested Interest Sep 2020 #12

I've lost faith in my Catholicism since this horrid man came into power. The Catholic church & many onetexan Sep 2020 #9

I share your abhorrence of all the wrongs committed by the current president. No Vested Interest Sep 2020 #11

Only eight percent of the church is in America shrike3 Oct 2020 #13

Like the Masses attended at the hedgerows in Ireland MaryMagdaline Sep 2020 #10

We are resuming mass with masks required (no exceptions) and social distancing shrike3 Oct 2020 #14