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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As you know we are planning an outdoor Mass this Sunday, 9 May, at 10:00am at the Stata Amphitheater. Tentative approval has been granted. We will be observing all MIT COVID safety protocols including social
distancing which limits the number of people we can have in attendance at the Mass. Signup will be on a first come, first served basis. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please sign up now to reserve your space: <a href="https://forms.gle/V9eoqaHjnQinLX297" title="https://forms.gle/V9eoqaHjnQinLX297">https://forms.gle/V9eoqaHjnQinLX297</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A confirmation email will be sent tmrw (Saturday) confirming you have a seat.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your patient understanding. We all look forward to the day when we can easily come together in person for prayer, worship, and community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blessings and peace,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Reverend Michael B. Medas, MSW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Catholic Chaplain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">W11-012 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">40 Massachusetts Ave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cambridge, MA 02139<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“<i>But now thus says the Lord,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> He who created you, O Jacob,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> He who formed you, O Israel:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I have called you by name, you are mine.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Isaiah 43:1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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