All the Churches in the Archdiocese of Bhopal are getting ready to reopen for the worship. All the churches and other worship places were shut down due to Coronavirus from middle of the March.
Now, from June 8 the worship places have been asked to reopen for the devotees by the Government. In this connection all the churches are gearing up for a grand reopening.
In this connection Archbishop Leo Cornelio has issued guidelines to all the churches to be practiced based on the norms of Govt. Like social distance, use of masks and repeated sanitization etc to safe guard oneself and others during Holy Mass and other prayers."I am very glad to know that we are allowed to worship as usual. It's like coming back home after the exile like Israel in the old Testament" - Pastor CP Singh, Christ Church
"We are indeed in joyful mood to know that we can go to our Church to pray. We were like vegetables with out water during lockdown," Silviya Fernandez, Devotee, Infant Jesus Church "Though we have developed a new bond of relationship between God and human by praying together in our families during lockdown, we are glad to welcome our church members back with a bed of rose as the church is an official place to experience God" - Fr Ronald Cardoza, PP, Kolar."I am excited to go to Temple to pray. First I will pray to God to bless all humanity by forgiving their misdeeds and willing to learn a lesson from this pandemic" Sudhir Sharma, Coordinator, PR Office Appreciating the Govt for letting people to visit the holy places Fr Maria Stephen, the PRO said that Life safety of the believers is very important compared to any other thing in life.
We are determined to follow all the guidelines of our Archbishop especially sanitizing the churches before and after worship. As water can not be tasted with a container we need church to feel and experience God and that was missing in our life all through lockdown.
The First holy Mass and prayers will be offered to God as Thanksgiving and for abandoned blessings for humanity he added.