[Magdalen] Is anyone here worshipping in person inside a church?

[Scott Knitter]

The NY Times ran a fascinating article about the Town of Winhall, Vermont,
having a population explosion...people moving there from urban areas in New
York and Massachusetts especially. Vermont has wanted this but probably not
in this way. Winhall is the town where the House of Initia Nova OSB owns a
B&B (the Bromley View Inn) and that's where we hold our twice-yearly
convocations. Our May 2020 and November 2020 convocations have been
canceled, although we will gather online in November for some events. The
B&B is allowed to have some guests again, and the abbot and senior sister
who run the inn are busy with that. We also gather weekly on Sunday
afternoons for a Zoom meeting, which includes members in the USA, UK,
Ireland, and Australia. I'd better get ready for today's. :)

On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM Chad Wohlers <chad at satucket.com> wrote:

> We discussed this at the Zoom coffee hour this AM. There is currently no
> indoor worship in the Diocese of Vermont, and, according to word we got
> second-hand from Earl Koopercamp, the rector in Barre, who is on the
> reopening committee, it's likely there won't be any indoor services any
> time soon - maybe not until Easter. Currently we do have an outdoor
> service at 11:15, but we won't be able to do that likely beyond the end
> of the month, as it is getting colder (low 50's this AM). Which means
> we'll be reverting to our 10AM Zoom service as the only one, probably
> all through the winter. Vermont has one of the lowest rates of Covid
> infections in the country (we keep hearing stories of a big population
> explosion here), but the bishop & Diocese believe in an abundance of
> caution.
>
> Meanwhile, Catholic churches have been open for a good while now, and
> the local Congregational church also has indoor services.
>
> --
> Chad Wohlers
> chad at satucket.com
> Woodbury, VT   USA
>
>
> On 10/4/2020 1:39 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> > South Carolina is beginning to worship in person worship in churches
> > again.  We have careful protocols in place that limit attendance, mandate
> > masking, no singing, no 'visiting' with others.  With the exception of
> the
> > celebrant, Eucharist is bread only.  I have really missed worship but my
> > internist has restricted me from attending worship in the nave.  I will
> > comply, of course.
> >
> > What is going on in your churches/dioceses regarding in person worship?
> > Are you attending?
> >
> > Ginga
> >
>


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA