Virginia parish adds ‘sensory Mass’ for neurodiverse Catholics

'We don’t have a right to exclude them.'

The Sunday 1 p.m. Mass at Nativity Catholic Church in Burke, Virginia is typically the parish’s least attended weekend litugy.

But on August 11, the church was full.

Sensory Mass at Nativity Catholic Church in Burke, Virginia. Credit: Nativity Catholic Church.

Volunteers in matching gray T-shirts asked incoming Mass-goers if they needed any special accommo…