Lansing Sun

COVID-19 isn’t stopping a parish in Lansing, Michigan, from holding a Unite Our Nation Eucharistic procession and Coast to Coast Rosary rally this Sunday.

The Church of the Resurrection Parish has planned a motorcade to accompany the Eucharistic procession from Lansing Catholic High School parking lot at 1:45 p.m., ending at the state Capitol by 2:45 p.m.

That’s due to the number of coronavirus cases.

According to the Michigan dashboard, there are 236,225 coronavirus cases statewide and 7,811 fatalities as of Nov. 12.

“We will find ways to overcome and continue to press forward,” said Kevin O’Brien, co-founder of Unite Our Nation and Men in Christ. “There are innovative ways that we haven't even thought of yet that we will continue to do, such as people watching from home if it’s live-streamed. There are so many different things that we haven’t offered up and figured out yet, but we will be discussing it.”

As previously reported, the Lansing procession, rosary and motorcade are among 49 that have taken place nationwide, including in Kenosha, Wisconsin; Detroit; Steubenville, Ohio; Little Rock, Arkansas; and San Diego. A future procession is planned Nov. 22 for Claremont, Illinois.

“From a Catholic perspective, processions are something we've done for hundreds of years and specifically in the U.S., it’s something we would do very frequently but it faded away,” O'Brien told the Lansing Sun. “Unite Our Nation is designed to bring them back and build up the community at the local level.”

For more details on the Lansing event, to be involved as a participant, volunteer or organizer, visit Unite Our Nation or Rosary Coast to Coast or email Darren.Obrien@mccmh.net.

“There's brotherly love between everyone,” O’Brien said in an interview. “That's why we're continuing until the election is finalized and then we can continue to move forward beyond this. We’re not going to stop and be done. We're working on plans to really expand this.”