Dispensation from Sunday Mass No longer in effect

Link to the (above) Sunday Mass Obligation document from the Archdiocese of Toronto (May 31, 2022)

On March 13, 2020, Cardinal Collins issued a dispensation from Sunday Mass due to the Covid restrictions. Given that most of the health and safety restrictions in our parishes are no longer in place and the faithful are able to attend the celebration of the Eucharist once again, the basis for the dispensation from the Sunday obligation has dissipated and is no longer in effect. As Catholics, we are obligated to attend Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation Masses, but the Church does not obligate people to do the impossible. If individuals, based on their conscience, cannot attend Mass for a grave reason, including a great vulnerability to COVID-19 or because they are self-isolating to limit the spread of illness, then they are excused from their Sunday obligation, as the law of the Church allows.