Effective April 9, 2022, Bishop Guy Desrochers will restore the Sunday obligation for Catholics starting on the Vigil of Palm Sunday, in accordance with Canon 1245 of the Code of Canon Law. As has always been the case, anyone with a “serious reason” or “grave cause” is excused from this obligation. Such reasons include:
anyone who is sick, symptomatic or recently exposed to the coronavirus;
anyone with serious health risk factors that requires them to avoid public spaces;
anyone who cares for someone who is sick;
anyone who cannot attend Mass, through no fault of their own, because of frailty or old age.