{UAH} ARCHDIOCESE CANCCELS MASS AT ALL CHURCHES

Coronavirus in NY: Archdiocese cancels Mass at all churches

By Laura Italiano

March 14, 2020 | 3:50pm | Updated March 14, 2020 | 3:59pm

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Manhattan’s majestic St. Patrick’s Cathedral has canceled Mass — as the NY Archdiocese shuts down Sunday services at all of its 296 parishes — indefinitely due to coronavirus concerns.

The Archdiocese announced Saturday that it is canceling, until further notice, all Masses in its jurisdiction — not only in Manhattan, where the beloved cathedral’s twin limestone spires soar over Fifth Avenue, but in The Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Dutchess counties.

The decision in the middle of the church’s most solemn season, Lent, comes “in light of the continued concern surrounding the coronavirus, and the advice of medical experts,” the Archdiocese’s announcement said.

“Churches will, however, remain open for private prayer,” the Archdiocese’s announcement said, though church officials did not address how the crowds of tourists who flock to St. Patrick’s will be managed.

The cathedral will live-stream all Masses and will remain open for public prayer, but will not be celebrating Mass for the public beginning this weekend as part of an Archdiocese-wide closing of churches to public gatherings, announced Saturday.

Church officials said, “A private Mass will be celebrated in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, and will be available on many cable systems via the Catholic Faith Network and its website at www.catholicfaithnetwork.org, livestreamed on the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral website at www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/live, and broadcast on radio on The Catholic Channel of Sirius XM (Channel 129).”

The announcement added, “Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, urged the faithful to remember in their prayers all those whose lives have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.”

The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which marches past the cathedral, announced its cancellation Wednesday.

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