10/19/20 – WHILE COMMENDING OUR PASTORS AND PASTORAL LIFE COORDINATORS WHO HAVE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ASSURE SAFE WORSHIP SPACES IN OUR CHURCHES, GIVEN THE CONTINUED INCREASE OF COVID-19 CASES IN OUR STATE, THE INDIANA BISHOPS HEREBY EXTEND THE DISPENSATION FROM THE OBLIGATION TO ATTEND MASS ON SUNDAYS AND HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION BEYOND NOVEMBER 1, 2020 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE INDIANA BISHOPS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE WHEN IT MIGHT BE ADVISABLE TO MODIFY OR LIFT THE DISPENSATION. 

IN ADDITION TO THE STATEMENT OF DISPENSATION, THE ARCHBISHOP ASKED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE COMMUNICATED: BOTH CLERGY AND LAITY MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE AVAILABILITY OF OPEN CHURCHES AND PUBLIC LITURGIES BY FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES AND EMPLOYING VARIOUS SAFETY PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING: 
• THE WEARING OF FACE COVERINGS; 
• SOCIAL DISTANCING; 
• ENHANCED CLEANING MEASURES FURTHER GUIDELINES, DUE TO LOCAL SITUATIONS, MAY BE NECESSARY IN A PARTICULAR PARISH.