Easter traditions improvised due to COVID-19 pandemic

With Easter weekend upon us, many churches in the Calgary area have been forced to end decades long traditions and adopt new ways of reaching their parishioners due to COVID-19. Saint Mary’s Cathedral has been forced to cancel its annual Way of the Cross walk for the first time since 1983 due to COVID-19. The event, organized by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary, has members of the church carrying a wooden cross in a procession that stops at 14 stations in Calgary’s Beltline. It&