coronavirus
The living tell the story of God’s goodness in pandemic’s wake
Shoshana Taylor of St. Martin de Porres Parish in North Philadelphia found her faith and her mission to share God's mysterious love renewed after her boyfriend died from coronavirus.
5 ways parishes can arise to ‘new normal’ after pandemic
With creative planning, parishes can move from being producers and consumers of spiritual services and become a vital community that bears witness to the Resurrection, writes Father Thomas Dailey.
The only place to be in a pandemic
As the coronavirus has swept over the world, we've tried to figure out where we're "at" with it on any number of levels, writes Gina Christian. But one survivor knows where she stands.
Need for food grows in one of America’s wealthiest counties
The Catholic Charities Family Center in Montgomery County, Maryland, used to give food to about 150 people each week. Since the coronavirus pandemic hit in mid-March, that many are coming each day, three days a week.
Wawa delivers weekly lunches to St. John’s Hospice
The convenience store chain is providing close to 5,000 meals to clients at an archdiocesan outreach to men experiencing homelessness, for whom the coronavirus has meant even greater hunger and poverty.
Archbishop Wood class of 2020 celebrated
The administrators and teachers from the archdiocesan high school in Warminster created a special video to celebrate this year's graduating seniors.
Ordinations, confirmations pushed back due to virus restrictions
The annual ordinations to priesthood and diaconate in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia have been rescheduled for June and confirmations in parishes will be celebrated in the fall.
Families in hard times get diapers, food in church-city effort
As the coronavirus especially impacts families with babies, Nutritional Development Services and Catholic Social Services teamed with the city April 21 to begin offering much-needed goods twice a week at several locations.
Amid pandemic, politicians must put country over party, pope says
In his morning Mass, Pope Francis prayed "in this moment of pandemic" that all countries' political parties "may seek together the good of the country and not the good of their own party."
Prepare now for post-pandemic ministry, church professionals urge
Parish management and ministry professionals say now is the time for parishes and dioceses to creatively keep the faithful engaged and make long-term strategic decisions after the coronavirus hibernation ends.