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Aug 26, 2021 · St. Patrick offers an 8 a.m. “masked Mass” for parishioners who prefer that extra precaution. Many at his parish stopped wearing masks in May, and most of the current social distancing during ...
Aug 30, 2021 · Earlier in the Covid-19 vaccine development process, a number of concerns were voiced about the connection of the vaccines’ research and production to the use of fetal cells.
- Don't wear purple clergy shirts unless you are a bishop. See #10 below.
- Unless you're ordained in the UMC, don't wear a stole, and make sure the stole you do wear is the right one for your office (deacon or elder, including bishops).
- The alb is the "preferred" clergy garment (per The UMC Ordinal). This is in part because the alb may be worn by clergy and laity alike. It is a basic baptismal garment.
- We tend not to "do" cassocks for clergy. This is because the cassock was basically a monastic vestment for use in praying the daily office. While we do have a couple of related religious orders (Order of Saint Luke, Order of St Brigid of Kildare), most of our congregations don't have "daily office" services.
These black garments weren’t just worn in church or on Sundays, they were in fact “street wear” or everyday clothing. By the middle ages in the Roman Church, when functioning in a sacerdotal manner, clergy would put on an alb and chasuble if functioning as the celebrant at the Eucharist, or a white surplice if acting in an assisting role.
Aug 21, 2021 · PFLEGER: Fleming is vaccinated himself. He thinks the vaccine is a gift from God. Still, he has reservations about preaching that from the pulpit. FLEMING: It's a fine line for us as ministers to ...
Nov 21, 2020 · Why Christians should be wearing masks. Among the folks who refuse to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic, I have witnessed a number of fellow Christians, people I have respected for their integrity and faith. Few things in my community have grieved or perplexed me as much as this fact. It’s not that most Christians take this anti-mask view.
Apr 10, 2021 · Getting tested for coronavirus at least three days after a high-exposure event is good to do so that if you’re infected, you don’t infect others, Wen said. Correction: An earlier version of ...
