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Diocesan Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

by +Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R.March 17, 2020March 17, 2020

To the Catholic Faithful of the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith

I am writing to you after having consulted with the Bishops of Alberta, our own Vicar-General, Fr. Joe Daley, priests of the diocese and with the most current advice of the department of the Chief Medical Officer of the Northwest Territories.

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