Photos: Christmas morning mass at St. Ludmila Catholic Church
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Rev. Ken Glaser lifts the incense thurible over the altar to begin the Christmas service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. The church held a service for a limited number of parishioners to attend, allowing about 70 attendees in the church that usually hosts as many as 600. The service was live-streamed for many to stay and watch from home. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser waves to parishioners as they enter the sanctuary before the Christmas day service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Susie Sebetka, joined by her husband Marcel, lean forward in prayer during the Christmas service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. Parishioners sat only with family members and socially distanced from one another throughout the service. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Lector Jim Crowley holds the incense thurible before beginning mass with Rev. Ken Glaser at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser stands behind the altar alongside a nativity scene to prepare his congregation for communion during the Christmas service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. The nativity scene as placed at the front of the church to better serve parishioners who watched from home by the livestream, it would usually be to the side or in the lobby of the church. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Sister Mary Frances holds a figure of the baby Jesus to be added to the nativity scene by Rev. Ken Glaser as the beginning of the Christmas service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Eucharistic minister Sue Martinek at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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A bottle of hand sanitizer is seen for parishioners by the entry to the sanctuary at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser waves to the camera for families watching the Christmas service from home through their livestream at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser gives communion to a parishioner in their car at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. The church gave communion to around 100 parishioners by car as a part of the morning service and hundreds more during the Christmas Eve masses. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Michael Brady of Cedar Rapids receives communion from Rev. Ken Glaser after watching the Christmas service by livestream in his car at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Deacon Mark Sandersfeld walks back from giving communion to a parishioner with health problems who lives near St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Deacon Mark Sandersfeld checks his watch while waiting with Rev. Ken Glaser for other families to arrive and have their drive-up communion at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Deacon Mark Sandersfeld holds the communion host while waiting to see if any other families will arrive for drive-up communion after the livestream of the Christmas service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Deacon Mark Sandersfeld walks back from giving communion to a parishioner with health problems who lives near St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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The nativity scene is seen at the front of the sanctuary before mass at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Donna Grimm of Cedar Rapids listens to Rev. Ken Glaser speak during the Christmas service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Bill Wayne of Shueyville kneels in prayer during Christmas mass at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser gives a reading during the Christmas service at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser prepares communion at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser gives communion to parishioners at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Rev. Ken Glaser waits for a car to drive up to him for communion at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Deacon Mark Sandersfeld walks to give communion to a parishioner who lives nearby but has health problems and can’t make it to St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Jim Berger of Cedar Rapids helps Donna Grimm of Cedar Rapids cut a cake too be packaged along with dinner meals for families at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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Sue Berger of Cedar Rapids packages dinner rolls as a part of meals being prepared for families at St. Ludmila Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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