Pentecost weekend requires, the parishes adapt to be able to accommodate the faithful while respecting health rules and constraints. In some bishoprics, masses have resumed since the Ascension, for others, the resumption of services will be this weekend. Obviously, wearing a mask will be compulsory, gel will be offered at the entrance and a direction of traffic will be marked in the building with a distance of one meter between each follower. The number of places may therefore be limited, so some churches have devised solutions to allow all the faithful to be able to celebrate Pentecost.
Offices by reservation
Masses are over on video: Father Gérard, priest in Blagnac, resumes his services, but by reservation! The faithful register online and choose a mass schedule. With the rules of distancing, the church went from 300 to 70 places. "We said to ourselves that it was better to make this reservation system, because otherwise, it will be a mess: the church will be full, we will no longer be able to accommodate people. But of course we kept a quota of free places so that little grannies who arrive at the last moment can find a place. "
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To avoid the rush, the priest also increased the number of masses, as in a Parisian church where 10 offices are planned for Sunday, and the crypt requisitioned.
Outdoors with your own chair
In Brittany, Father Ronan opted for the village park. "We are going to materialize all the points where we can settle while respecting the 1 meter distance: we are going to stretch ropes, and at the end of the ceremony, they will emerge by another passage. This is something that is complicated to organize."
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200 people are expected, and a big sun, enough to forget the barrier gestures ... But the priest insists on a rule: even outdoors, everyone must bring his mask and his own chair.