Local churches mark 2nd Easter affected by COVID-19 Share Updated: 6:22 PM EDT Apr 4, 2021 Local churches mark 2nd Easter affected by COVID-19 Share Updated: 6:22 PM EDT Apr 4, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript IS LIVE WITH HOW THE CHURCH HAS MANAGED DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> DURING THIS HOLY WEEK, MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE CAME TO THIS PARKING LOT FOR OUTDOOR MASSES CULMINATNG WITH EASTER SUNDAY , SERVICE. THE OPENING APPLAUSE WAS FOR THE ENTIRE PARISH. THIS IS THE 46TH CONSECUTIVE SUNDAY WITH MASS OUTSIDE IN THIS WALTHAM PARKING LOT. >> WHEN HE TOLD US WE WILL DO MASS OUTSIDE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WE THOUGHT I DON’T THINK SO. BUT WE HAVE THAT IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. >> TO DO THIS EVERY SUNDAY FOR ALMOST A YEAR HAS BEEN GREAT. >> OUR LADY’S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL HAS PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE. 350 KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL FULL-TIME SINCE LABOR DAY. >> IT IS REALLY GOOD. I LIKE BEING IN SCHOOL AND SEEING EVERYBODY AND ALL MY FRIENDS. >> I LIKE IT MORE IN PERSON THAN ONLINE BECAUS IT IS EASIER. >> FOR PARENTS, IN PERSON LEARNING HAS BEEN A LIFELINE. REQUESTING AS THEY WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, YOU SAW A CHANGE IN HOW THEY WERE, EVERYTHING. >> FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT BE IN PERSON, MASSES HAVE BEEN STREAMED ONLINE MEMBERS OF OUR LADY SAY IT IS THE MARATHON OF MASSES AND OTHER IN PERSON EVENTS THAT HAVE SUSTAINED THIS PARISH OVER THE YEAR. >> WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE MASS OUTSIDE 46 CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS AS WELL AS FIRST COMMUNION, SCHOOL GRADUATION. >> HE HAS COME UP WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO KEEP US GOING IN OUR FAITH. >> EVEN WITH COVID REGULATIONS LOOSENING AND MORE PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED, IT IS EXPECTED OUTDOOR MASSES WILL RE