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Somersworth, Dover, churches film Christmas Special for nursing homes
Jenne Holmes
What happens when several priests, community members, civic leaders and long-term care facility staff get together? Some might argue a Christmas miracle, while other would simply call it a Christmas special with a very special purpose.
The truth is the result of the conversations that took place was a way to help connect those who are either in Somersworth and Dover long-term care facilities, rest homes or those home bound residents with the community that resides just out of reach, according to Father Andrew Nelson.
Nelson who is the pastor of St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Somersworth and St. Mary’s Parish in Rollinsford is all too familiar with the isolation that many of those unable to receive visitors feel at the holidays during the coronavirus pandemic. He, like many area priests, is often called to the facilities to see people, and he felt compelled to find a way to bring some of the