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Directive From Archbishop Blair

Please click on the archdiocesan crest (left) for guidelines on reopening the parish churches and other sacramental observances. 

Extension of Dispensation from Sunday Mass Obligation

On March 13, 2020, each and every Catholic in the Archdiocese of Hartford was dispensed from the obligation of attending Sunday Mass by Archbishop Leonard P. Blair due to the potential danger of the coronavirus pandemic. The dispensation was exteded several times.

Further Extension of the Dispensation from the Obligation of Sunday Mass
With the continuation of limitations on Mass attendance and our responsibility to ensure the health
and safety of our Catholic people, the Archbishop is extending the dispensation from the obligation
to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days up to and including Sunday, May 23rd, which is
Pentecost Sunday

The Archdiocese of Hartford continues to monitor the severity of the situation surrounding the pandemic and will provide updates regarding decisions reached for the archdiocese as they are made.

As was announced by Governor Lamont, the state of Connecticut on Friday, November 6, 2020, will revert back to more rigorous restrictions, implementing “Phase 2.1”, to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Within these new mandatory changes, religious gatherings have been effected, and the following change will be required: attendance at Mass and other liturgies for all churches in the Archdiocese of Hartford will be restricted to 50% of capacity or 100 persons, whichever is less. In addition, as other meetings at venues have been reduced to 25 people indoors and 50 people outdoors, any upcoming non-liturgical events, meetings, or gatherings held at parishes will need to follow those limits.

Sacrament of Reconciliation -  Saturdays 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm or by appointment. 

 “Where the individual faithful find themselves in the painful impossibility of receiving sacramental absolution, it should be remembered that perfect contrition, coming from the love of God, beloved above all things, expressed by a sincere request for forgiveness (that which the penitent is at present able to express) and accompanied by votum confessionis, that is, by the firm resolution to have recourse, as soon as possible, to sacramental confession, obtains forgiveness of sins, even mortal ones (cf. CCC, no. 1452).” 

Let us remain spiritually united as a people of God.