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Easter Sunday is one of the most important dates in Christianity and because of that, it’s a day when church pews are usually packed, but due to the coronavirus, many church buildings were empty last year.
Thanks to declining case counts as well as the vaccine, some congregations are preparing to meet in person this year, while following CDC safety precautions.
At St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in North Logan, church members have been practicing these safety measures like social distancing and mask-wearing since the beginning of the pandemic.
Leaders expect that this Easter Sunday attendance will be at maxim capacity and they are prepared to make accommodations as needed. They have a schedule for Holy Week, with a variety of time frames for mass services to allow for social distancing.
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The head of the Archdiocese of Toronto has demanded that Ontario province stop imposing stricter guidelines on houses of worship than secular entities.
Cardinal Thomas Collins sent out a call to action last week denouncing how the government has imposed stricter limits on houses of worship for in-person gatherings than secular businesses.
Collins gave an example of a movie production crew that was allowed to have around 50 people filming in a church basement hall while a funeral at the same facility was limited to 10 attendees.
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