Many parishes have a list of “go-to priests,” Father Tix said, and an archdiocesan staff member developed a centralized email system to help parishes find priests. But with numbers of COVID cases rising, parishioners need to understand that they may not be walking into a Mass at the usual time, he said. A Communion service also meets the Sunday Mass obligation, he said.
The rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has led bishops in dioceses nationwide to reimpose mask mandates for students and staff at schools as well as for Mass attendees regardless of vaccination status.
Celebrating Mass in a 20-by-25-foot metal outbuilding on Dec. 24, 2021, for the displaced community of Resurrection Parish in Dawson Springs, the image that came to mind for Owensboro Bishop William F. Medley was "there was no room at the inn."
From beginning to end, the attack lasted less than five hours, and that's all it took to break open the rifts of the nation along with the broken windows and doors of the U.S. Capitol.