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The last weeks of high school didn’t turn out as the class of 2020 expected, but some Catholic high school seniors may still get in-person graduation ceremonies this summer if COVID-19 restrictions ease. Some schools, including Holy Names Academy in Seattle, went online with their graduation ceremonies — the school’s May 27 virtual commencement concluded with a video/photo montage of students doing the traditional mortarboard toss. Others, like Seattle’s Bishop Blanchet High School, did a virtual ceremony and hope to host an in-person one in August. At Pope John Paul II High School in Lacey, ASB president and senior Lauryn Johnson designed a banner with the school’s pandemic-era motto, “No distance is too great for an Eagle.” Seniors took individual photos with the banner during a May 20 “Light It Up for Seniors” event.

Graduating during a pandemic

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After 11 weeks without public liturgies in the Archdiocese of Seattle due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the bishops of Washington state announced May 27 that public Masses could resume once parishes had implemented a set of new safety measures. A handful of parishes, including Church of the Assumption in Bellingham, were able to offer outdoor Masses for some of their parishioners the weekend of May 30–31. Of the seven parishes celebrating public Masses that Pentecost weekend, only one was allowed to have Masses inside its church building — Our Lady Star of the Sea in Bremerton (seen here during a weekday Mass in the first week of June).

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