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Boston-Area Priests Offering Drive-Through Confessions

Matthew McDonald

They aren't allowed to have most ordinary parish activities inside their churches because of the coronavirus shutdowns, so some priests in the Boston area have started offering drive-through confessions.

Priests in Waltham, Marlborough, and Chelmsford have been setting up in their church parking lots to allow Catholics to drive near enough to be heard but far enough away to maintain social distance, according to The Pilot, the newspaper of the archdiocese of Boston.

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Religious Garments Company Turns To Making Masks

Matthew McDonald

A small Massachusetts company that makes vestments, tapestries, and Bible markers has taken up making masks for doctors, nurses, and paramedics during the coronavirus emergency.

Theological Threads, of Beverly, has donated a few thousand masks to hospitals in Boston, Salem, Beverly, and Gloucester and to the police and fire departments in Beverly, according to The Gloucester Daily Times.

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