Those who are fully vaccinated no longer have a wear a mask while attending mass. Author: WNEP Web Staff Updated: 11:12 PM EDT May 14, 2021
The Diocese of Scranton and Diocese of Allentown have issued revised guidelines concerning public masses on Friday.
The changes come after the CDC announced that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or keep physical distancing in most settings.
Those who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear a mask while attending mass
Those who have not been vaccinated must continue to wear a mask
The Diocese of Scranton has announced that pews no longer need to be marked for physical distancing.
By Roger DuPuis rdupuis@timesleader.com
A mask policy poster is seen at the entrance to a Luzerne County Sheetz store on Friday evening. The Altoona-based chain is among those companies that say they will continue to require employees and customers to wear masks while reviewing the CDC’s latest guidelines.
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If you’re fully vaccinated, you can show your face in Gerrity’s Supermarkets your whole face, that is.
Likewise at Roman Catholic Mass in the Diocese of Scranton.
You’re going to have to keep that mask on inside Sheetz stores, on the other hand. Also at all Geisinger properties.
Even before he was ordained a priest, the Rev. Ronald Lange was sent to Ghana by his Catholic religious order in 1968.
In a profile by a community newspaper years later, Lange spoke of his commitment to learning about Ghana while teaching at schools there and leading a parish with more than a dozen worship sites.
“The people are just so happy to see you,” Lange, a member of the Society of the Divine Word’s Chicago province, based near Northbrook, was quoted as saying. “You don’t even have to be a good priest.”
And he wasn’t, as his order now acknowledges.
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Mother s Day Mass is a tradition at St. Peter s Cathedral in Scranton. Author: WNEP Web Staff Updated: 6:44 PM EDT May 9, 2021
SCRANTON, Pa. Mass at St. Peter s Cathedral in downtown Scranton on Sunday morning was all about mom.
The Diocese of Scranton hosted its Mother s Day Mass at the church on Wyoming Avenue.
It s a special service for all moms, but with an emphasis on foster moms and mothers who have adopted children.
Newswatch 16 spoke with one of the moms after the service. Another woman gave her life, and we re able to enjoy the love because of her. So we get to be her parents, and we re so lucky! said Kate Wolfe of Hanover Township.