Holiday religious services impacted by pandemic

Holiday religious services impacted by pandemic

How services are being impacted.

Bri intr} since the beginning of november... leaders at st.

Benedict's church here in terre haute have been planning christmas services.

As of right now... the masses will continue... but those plans could still change.

Pk} pastor of st.

Benedict's church martin day tells me all 4 christmas masses will go on.

But... he says he's worried the pandemic could force last minute changes.

"you know the situation is so fluid it could get a lot worse in two weeks.

Who knows.

And then at some point the question is, 'is it time to pull the plug?'

Or 'what are we going to do here?'" day says the church has created an online register for christmas masses.

This will ensure this year's celebration won't get too crowded.

He says... right now... spots are filling up quickly for all 4-masses.

Day urges you to register before it's too late.

"i don't want to turn people away the day of.

So if they register then we know ahead of time if the mass is filled up, then we can direct them to another mass, or something like that."

I also spoke with betsy frank who is the president of the united hebrew congregation here in terre haute.

She tells me that her congregation's celebrations for hanukkah will be all online this year.

"you know sometimes i get sad that i can't be in person with people.

But at the same time technology has allowed more people to participate."

Both tell me they're extremely excited to still be able to celebrate -- in some way -- this year.

Bri outr} for more information on how to register for mass at st.

Benedict's church....or to find out where you can virtually celebrate hanukkah... you can go to our website.

That's wthi tv dot com.

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