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Bishop Byrne visits, offers blessings at Thomas Aquinas College in Northfield
Thomas Aquinas College’s Northfield campus received a visit from its newly appointed bishop, the Most Rev. William D. Byrne, on Friday, March 5. Contributed Photo
Published: 3/9/2021 3:16:55 PM
NORTHFIELD Thomas Aquinas College’s New England campus received a visit from its newly appointed bishop, the Most Rev. William D. Byrne, last week. Byrne arrived on the Northfield campus on Friday, March 5, for a morning meeting with college officials. He then offered the midday Mass in Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel, which is still under construction, during which he blessed the Stations of the Cross and a recently acquired statue of St. Joseph. According to a press release from Thomas Aquinas College, Byrne later joined students for lunch in the Gould Commons.
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Holy Week services return to churches closed last Easter by COVID
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
St. Michael s Parish in East Longmeadow will offer Holy Week services on site that will also be live streamed. (Photo by Anne-Gerard Flynn, Special to The Republican)
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Last April, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield marked Easter morning with the ringing of steeple bells as Masses were suspended and churches closed mid-way through Lent by the diocese in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Practicing Catholics in the four counties of Western Massachusetts that the diocese covers were advised at the time that Bishop Mitchell Rozanski would celebrate the televised “Chalice of Salvation” Mass Easter Sunday on WWLP Channel 22.