The Archdiocese of Green Bay reinstated the obligation to attend mass with last week’s services, but there has yet to be a bump from that proclamation at local parishes. Laurie Orthober of the Stella Maris Parish Office says no mass hit its attendance threshold. The parish has been allowed to relax its 25 percent capacity limit but is still enforcing social distancing, which produces a similar result due to the size of the churches involved. Orthober thinks that, after six months, those who place high importance on their faith had already found a way to attend in person already.

Stella Maris conducts a daily mass rotating between all of its locations. Still, Sunday service is only available at Fish Creek and Sister Bay along with Washington Island in the afternoon. Orthober says that it is less than what has been done in past years.

*Staff photo courtesy of the parish's website.