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Drive-Thru Confessions Due To Coronavirus

Father Scott Holmer of Saint Edward the Confessor in Bowie, Maryland, USA, is offering drive-thru confessions.

He set up an open air confessional in the church's parking lot where he can respect a six-foot distance. The penitents stay in their cars.

A seminarian helps directing the traffic.

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My compliments to Father Holmer for still offering confession at all! Not sure I'm sold on the idea of yelling my sins out the car window at him, though. elbow To answer your question, they don't. Contempo-Catholicism has modernized the sacrament of "penance" into "reconciliation", just as it modernized "sermons" into "homilies". The sacrament of reconciliation is administered (at the parishioner's …More
My compliments to Father Holmer for still offering confession at all! Not sure I'm sold on the idea of yelling my sins out the car window at him, though. elbow To answer your question, they don't. Contempo-Catholicism has modernized the sacrament of "penance" into "reconciliation", just as it modernized "sermons" into "homilies". The sacrament of reconciliation is administered (at the parishioner's choice) in a face to face setting. I've found it a much tougher go than the traditional confessional. The actual penances, though, are waaay easier.
F M Shyanguya
God bless Fr Scott and keep him.