Seasonal & Holidays
Bay Area Rain Dampens Parishioners But Not Spirits At Outdoor Christmas Services
At Corpus Christi Church in Fremont, each household brought their own chairs and stayed within yellow squares spaced six feet apart.
December 25, 2020
EL SOBRANTE (KPIX) — Several outdoor church services around the Bay Area were canceled on Christmas because of the rain. Those that held services said the rain is another reminder that 2020 has been a year of challenges and adjustments.
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At Saint Brendan Church in San Francisco, the service on Friday began with a temperature check. At Corpus Christi Church in Fremont, each household brought their own chairs and stayed within yellow squares spaced six feet apart. At Newman Hall Holy Spirit Parish in Berkeley, parishioners were encouraged to frequently sanitize their hands. All of those churches required social distancing and masks.
“Praying outside in the rain on Christmas … that’s a whole new way of praying for us,” said parishioner Deborah Tatto, who’s been with Newman Hall for more than 30 years. Even though the church live-streams all of its services, she said online is not the same.