7 Resources to Help Bring Faith Home
7 Resources to Help Bring Faith Home Download the PDF: 7 Resources to Bring the Faith Home Missing religious education and Catholic school? Here are 7 fun resources to help you and your family keep the faith-learning going at home! With kids out of school, Masses canceled and religious education …
St. Vincent De Paul temporarily closing its seven area thrift stores in response to Coronavirus threat
Social services assistance is still being offered with changes in application and delivery process CINCINNATI, March 19, 2020 – Effective at the end of business yesterday, Thursday, March 19, St. Vincent de Paul is closing the retail operations of its seven area thrift stores until further notice. The decision to …
No Mass, no offertory: Parish, diocesan, national collections take a hit
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — One byproduct of canceled Masses is no offertory collection. And a byproduct of no offertory collection is puncture wounds in the budgets of parishes, dioceses and national collections. "It’s a big hit, and it’s gonna hurt," said Patrick Markey, …
Today’s Video: How Should Catholics Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Father Mike gives us some advice about how we should respond to the coronavirus pandemic. He begins with the story of the recent pilgrimage he took to Israel amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Stay firm in faith, seek St. Joseph’s intercession, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/screen grab By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the daily lives and routines of millions of people have been turned upside down, Pope Francis said, but they must help each other stay firm in faith. In a video message released March …
Bethlehem family, on lockdown, prepares for Easter with films on saints
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Sabat family By Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) — Communal church life is an integral part of family life for George and Randa Sabat and their four children, but with a strictly enforced lockdown on the city and the two neighboring towns of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour, …
Advocacy groups offer tips to stay connected while facing the coronavirus
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By Dennis Sadowski CLEVELAND (CNS) — Social distancing and sheltering in place doesn’t have to mean total isolation for people of faith accustomed to advocating for peace and justice concerns. Prayer, keeping in touch with friends and colleagues through online technology and digital communication, and creativity …
Lent in the time of coronavirus: More prayer and unexpected penance
IMAGE: CNS photo/Zoey Maraist, Arlington Herald By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — This Lent is one for the record books. Parish fish fries, prayer services, Stations of the Cross, and daily and Sunday Masses are all canceled, and some dioceses have already announced they will not have services during Holy …
At Mass, pope prays for prisoners, families
IMAGE: CNS photo/Flavio Lo Scalzo, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis began his early morning Mass praying for prisoners experiencing great uncertainty and worrying about their families who cannot visit them due to lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Dressed in white vestments to …
Sao Paulo Archdiocese offers center to house homeless with COVID-19
IMAGE: CNS photo/Nacho Doce, Reuters By Lise Alves SAO PAULO (CNS) — The Archdiocese of Sao Paulo has offered the city a community center, House of Prayer, to lodge homeless who get the coronavirus. Homeless communities throughout the country are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19, church officials said. The …