St. Thomas More Cancels Festival This Year In Munster
With reports from President Trump and CDC stating this virus could linger through July and August many towns are looking ahead at future events. St. Thomas More being one of the first with these announcements. The festival which runs yearly for a week near the end of June announced it has cancelled the event this year.
St. Thomas More Pastor Michael Yadron stated, “We have already cancelled all events in our school and our parish for the next couple of months. It was time for me to look at the longer range as our government is indicating.”
Yadron consulted with his festival chairs and several other individuals and he believes that the only socially responsible thing for the parish to do is to cancel our festival for this June. “This decision is necessary to make at this point in time so as to give proper notification to all the different vendors and groups that come to our property,” Yadron states.
“I am doing this because, if there are still pockets of infection in the country in June, I do not want to provide an arena for people to come from outside of Munster and bring with them any illnesses they may have,” Yadron said. The parish will have to look at other ways to generate income to provide for the needs of those in our community.
“The responsible thing to do is to cancel the festival and to encourage everyone to embrace the recommendations of the CDC,” Yadron said. “For the sake of your families and neighbors, remain in place, do not go out unless necessary, and hope that our effort radically slows the progression of COVID-19.”
