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Post by Grace on Dec 6, 2020 17:14:21 GMT
Who is able to attend Mass at this time? Maybe a better question, are your parishes offering public Mass, if so, are you able to attend.
My parish has been offering Mass since June with social distancing, recommended mask wearing, and sanitation between Masses. I have been attending weekly until I recently when I came down with Covid. I pray I will be well this week to go back to work and to go back to Mass.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2020 17:51:30 GMT
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Post by RN69 on Dec 6, 2020 18:06:43 GMT
I've been "going to Mass" on line at The Sunday Mass which is a Passionist production. It is in its 50th year of serving the homebound and elderly. Here's a link to the site: thesundaymass.org/watch-the-sunday-mass/1082-1st-sunday-of-lent-mass-2020-03-01You can pull it up at any time. It comes from NYC and on Christmas Eve in 1970 it was a tri-state TV broadcast. When both my Mom and my mother in law became homebound it was a good source for them to be able to continue attending Mass. My small parish doesn't have that option for viewing the Mass. I also have used the Ascension Presents YouTube videos with Fr. Mike Schmidt for Mass. Here's link for today's Mass. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcgj8XafbrYThere's so much available for us to choose from if we don't think that it is safe to go in person to worship. It is not the same but it is better than not being able to do so. I miss not only the Mass but participating in the Sacraments. I got to view my grandson's Confirmation because their parish does video their Masses. My son also had to only view the Confirmation as he was quarantined at the time. It hurt because he was going to be his son's sponsor so my daughter in law took his place. Thanks be to God that his exposure didn't result in a positive COVID diagnosis. Trying times.
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Post by Grace on Dec 6, 2020 18:38:57 GMT
My parish offered online streaming of Mass for a few months then stopped. With the recent surge here in the US, my parish is streaming online again.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2020 19:50:05 GMT
My parish has Mass and allows attendance according to state guidelines. Only 40% capacity and everyone must wear a mask and safe distance.
Those who are high-risk, like my wife and myself, should not attend, but watch Mass on tv or the internet.
We watch the Sunday Mass from the National Shrine in Washington DC, which we find to be the better quality in recording.
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Post by ontheway3 on Dec 8, 2020 4:59:08 GMT
My parish is fully operational, although at somewhat reduced capacity. I would estimate attendance at about 75%. Everyone is wearing masks though.
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Post by adamcsc on Dec 8, 2020 15:26:03 GMT
Who is able to attend Mass at this time? Maybe a better question, are your parishes offering public Mass, if so, are you able to attend. My parish has been offering Mass since June with social distancing, recommended mask wearing, and sanitation between Masses. I have been attending weekly until I recently when I came down with Covid. I pray I will be well this week to go back to work and to go back to Mass. Diocese of Charleston. Mass at reduced capacity, wear masks, social distance, except for Communion. Receive Communion in the hand, or, if you prefer on the tongue, Receive at the end of the line.
Thus far, not a case of the corona has been traced to any of the churches in my diocese. Not saying it can't happen, just saying it hasn't. We've been going to church since the second week of May. On the positive side, we can SING AGAIN!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 6:10:06 GMT
I think the whole concept of streaming a Liturgy is ridiculous. It's not the same thing. It's not "the next best thing". I think Bishops who try to promote it as being an acceptable alternative during this pandemic are fooling themselves, to be quite honest. When our Byzantine Catholic Church went to outdoor Liturgies, we stopped attending. I couldn't justify driving two hours one way, with two small children, to attend a Liturgy in a parking lot where the kids will just be running around causing mayhem. And since the rest of the Church is closed off, we wouldn't have any means of getting the kids engaged. The Roman Catholic Churches in town are doing the same. Our family has found a home in the Orthodox Church in town. They have kept their temple opened. They have kept their full schedule, nobody is forced to wear masks, people try to be reasonable in distancing, but it's a small worship space. Nobody is living in fear. We all know covid is a risk. Those who are most at risk are staying home and doing their reader services and prayers. But for those who aren't at risk, or are but value their spiritual health above their physical health, we have found great comfort in going to the Liturgy. Even without being able to receive communion, just worshiping together as a community makes all the difference. Our kids are able to engage the Liturgy, we pray with and venerate the various Icons around the temple. After the Liturgy we stay for the social so the kids can play with their new friends and we can all enjoy a common meal together. Truth be told, were it not for my wife refusing to be anything but Roman Catholic, I would have converted to Orthodoxy by now. In my heart, I've already converted to Orthodoxy. But since maintaining communion with my wife is important to me, I have found Eastern Catholicism to be an acceptable, if imperfect, compromise. But there's something to be said for this Orthodox community. They and they alone (in our area) have put God first in all this. It's something I won't forget, and it has kept my faith strong during this pandemic, when so many are losing their faith. I know I can trust Father to not abandon us the way Archbishop Gomez had all the priests in the Archdiocese of LA abandon the faithful during the last lockdown.
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Post by glennonp on Dec 16, 2020 13:40:08 GMT
My parish's Masses have been open to the public, with restrictions on numbers and masks required, since June. My job in the health care field has kept me from attending, however. I am longing for the day when I can rejoin my parish family at Sunday and weekday Mass.
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Post by pianistclare on Dec 16, 2020 13:57:42 GMT
We have remained open, but we are live streaming, which is a farce. Those of us Administrators of YouTube site and the FB page can see the stats. People log on, say "and with your spirit" ion the comments and leave. I fear the elders will never come back. we can tell by the Sunday school attendance online on Zoom and also in person classes. Down at least 25%.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2020 14:53:43 GMT
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Post by pianistclare on Dec 16, 2020 15:23:32 GMT
Interesting that you should say that, LOL./ I'm on a break from a Zoom Staff retreat......
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Post by pianistclare on Dec 16, 2020 15:26:08 GMT
My friends with children in Zoom classes are really suffering because there are not enough screens in a household to go around, everyone has to be on at the same time, and parents are working from home. The parents tell us that the content is really poor quality. We are going to graduate more and more sheep in the future I fear. Zoom has it's uses, but children don't' have the self-discipline for it, IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2020 17:29:16 GMT
pianistclare Zoom is a real challenge for kids. I work with 8th graders and they and all their gen ed peers are having a hell of a time staying interested in school. We do anything we can think of to make it as low stress and engaging as we can. But there's only so much you can do and no educator is going to be able to compete for attention for an adolescent boy when his computer is right next to his xbox. Or his computer for school is also his gaming computer. Most kids are failing across the board in our district. Attendance is horrid. Mental and emotional health issues are through the roof. This is the real pandemic.
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Post by pianistclare on Dec 18, 2020 14:36:46 GMT
Agreed. It seems a terrible abuse of children. They have a right to be properly educated in a way that is effective for them. Online, alone in front of a computer is not. Even worse for catechesis of the young. I sort of fear that young people will eschew college as well. My daughter is in college online, and she has the self-discipline to cope with the challenges, but little kids are struggling mightily.
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