Churches try to balance Communion with sanitary practices during flu season

Churches try to balance Communion with sanitary practices during flu season

Houses of worship around the region are continuing to grapple with how to balance efforts to contain the spread of swine flu with traditional practices that involve building community by sharing a cup or embracing a neighbor.

The latest to weigh in is the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, whose bishops last week issued a lengthy set of guidelines to parishes, prefaced by the declaration that, "While God's will for us is to live and thrive in community and in celebration of God's gifts to us, it is also God's will that no unnecessary risks be taken that might complicate or compromise the health of our people.''

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