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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We’ve received word that we can celebrate Mass this weekend in the MIT Chapel. The Archdiocese of Boston has not cancelled Masses this weekend (so far, although as we all know, everything is fluid). So we’ll
still have Mass. We will not be having coffee and donuts, or the St. Patrick’s Day party, just the religious events. Within Mass, we’ll also follow the CDC and Archdiocesan approved guidelines. Confessions will be available all morning in the Community Room
of W11, from after the 9:30 Mass until around noon. I’ll also try to be available for Confessions after the 5 pm Mass.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In happy news, the Archdiocese has given me permission to accelerate the Baptisms, Confirmations, and Receptions into the Church for those who were going to have that happen during the Easter Vigil and (in
the case of confirmations) during the Easter Season. We’ll do that at the 1 pm Mass on Sunday. We’ll do this even if the Archdiocese were to generally cancel Masses (which, as of now, to repeat, they haven’t done), just as a private celebration of the sacraments
under extraordinary conditions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Also, I want our help to offer to students (even non-Catholics) for short-term, acute financial needs. If you know someone who needs help paying for a ticket home (or for the rescheduling fees), or for food
for a short time, they can contact us at <a href="mailto:catholic@mit.edu">catholic@mit.edu</a>. There’s obviously a limit on this, and I’d prefer that most of this help come in the form of “emergency loans”, but I’m gathering that the bureaucracy at MIT might
not be as responsive as my checkbook can be. If you’d like to help with this, the best way today (3/12) is to donate to our 24-hour challenge (which multiplies the effect of the donation):
<a href="https://mit24hourchallenge.mightycause.com/story/Tech-Catholic">https://mit24hourchallenge.mightycause.com/story/Tech-Catholic</a> .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After today, the best way is to donate through our website:
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://tcc.mit.edu/donate"><span style="color:blue">http://tcc.mit.edu/donate</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ll try to send out a general email when I have been able to figure out how the TCC will function going forward.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Fr. Daniel Patrick Moloney, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Catholic Chaplain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">MIT Building W11-012</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">40 Massachusetts Ave. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">617-252-1779 (office)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">617-910-0463 (mobile and text)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><br>
<a href="mailto:dmoloney@mit.edu"><span style="color:blue">dmoloney@mit.edu</span></a><br>
<a href="http://tcc.mit.edu"><span style="color:blue">http://tcc.mit.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">blog: spiritualdirections.tumblr.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">DONATE: <a href="http://tcc.mit.edu/donate">
<span style="color:blue">http://tcc.mit.edu/donate</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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