ESCANABA Escanaba Senior High School has named its top 10 graduates for the Class of 2023. They are: Alayna Clouse is the daughter of James and Natalie Cl
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Father Rick Courier gives the blessing in Sunday Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Escanaba.
ESCANABA In-person attendance is down in many area churches as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“People are being cautious, some are afraid,” said Rev. Rick Courier of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wells and St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Escanaba. He doesn’t believe attendance will pick back up until at least spring.
Local churches have made technological adaptations and used out-of-the-box thinking to remain connected to parishioners. Many have added online services, and priests and pastors are communicating with those confined to their homes, hospitals and nursing homes by phone instead of in person.