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the latest parish and diocesan updates on COVID-19 and other issues.

Ash Wednesday, March 2, Collection for Catholic Charities
Diocesan 2nd Collection for Catholic Relief Services
Face Mask Mandate Rescinded in the Diocese of Las Vegas
Diocesan 2nd Collection for the Church in Latin America
and in Central and Eastern Europe
Notice to the Roman Catholic Clergy and Faithful
of the Diocese of Las Vegas Regarding Father Adam Kotas
Diocese of Las Vegas
shares Statement from the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California
regarding Adam Kotas, formerly one of their priests,
who served in the Diocese of Las Vegas from 2015 - 2018.
Watch the Mass of Sending Forth
for the Diocese of Las Vegas Seminarians
New Mask Mandate in Effect July 31, 2021
New Mask/Safety Directives and New Priest Assignment
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through Sunday, June 27, 2021
Mask Mandate Still in Effect for Diocese of Las Vegas
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through Sunday, May 30, 2021
Nevada Catholic Conference released joint statement
on Physician Assisted Suicide Bill
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through Sunday, April 25, 2021
Morality of COVID-19 Vaccines
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021
Bishop George Leo Thomas'
Statement on the 2021 Presidential Inauguration
Bishop George Leo Thomas' Statement on Violence at the U.S. Capitol

Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through January 31, 2021
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through December 31, 2020
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through November 29, 2020
2020 Elections and Catholic Social Teaching
A Pastoral Statement from Bishop George Leo Thomas
October 2020
Bishop Thomas' Reflection on Pope Francis' Statement
Regarding Civil Unions
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through October 25, 2020
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through September 27, 2020
Diocese of Las Vegas Catholic Schools
Reopening Safely: A Planning Framework for the 2020-2021 School Year
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School Reopening Plan
for the 2020-2021 school year
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through August 30, 2020
Dispensation from the Obligation to Attend Mass
Extended through July 5, 2020

Diocese of Las Vegas to Follow Guidance of

Restoration Council for Reopening

Amended Discontinuance Order to Extend Temporary Church Closures in the Diocese of Las Vegas through April 30, Possibly Longer
Discontinuance Order to Temporarily
Close All Worship Spaces in the Diocese of Las Vegas
Dispensation from Obligatory Days of Fasting and Abstinence
Fr. Jim Announces Temporary Closure of Entire SEAS Parish
through April 17, Possibly Longer
Bishop Thomas' Pastoral Letter
to the People of the Diocese of Las Vegas
Temporary Suspension of the Public Celebration of Mass in the
Diocese of Las Vegas through April 5
Dispensation from the Obligation of Attending Mass in the
Diocese of Las Vegas through March 29
and Precautionary Measures at SEAS