A Lenty Lent, benefits to working from home, pants with nobody inside them, and more (7 Quick Takes) March 27, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window We have only two weeks left until Easter, and I can’t decide whether Lent has been fast or slow. It’s just been…very Lenty.
A quarantine concert March 27, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Letting things be might be the hardest thing about this crisis. Recognizing that things are outside my control is never easy. But it’s especially hard to know that the greatest and most selfless gift I can give to others is to do nothing.
I’ve been exposed to the coronavirus — I think March 27, 2020By Chaz Muth Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Guest Commentary What I came to learn during my confinement is that you don’t have to have symptoms to be a carrier of COVID-19 and spread it to others.
COVID-19 is not God’s judgment, but a call to live differently, pope says March 27, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News The worldwide coronavirus pandemic is not God’s judgment on humanity, but God’s call on people to judge what is most important to them and resolve to act accordingly from now on, Pope Francis said.
Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona March 27, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, World News She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young woman who was killed for her Christian faith, presumably in the second century A.D. But now, a pandemic is shedding light on her: St. Corona.
Highlandtown parish heeds the call for much-needed medical supplies March 26, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of four churches in Baltimore acting as drop-off sites for the Baltimore Health Professionals Mutual Aid Cooperative
Ethicists, lawyers see dangers in rationing of scarce health resources March 26, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Local News, News, World News Catholic ethicists and legal experts are sounding the alarm that the scarcity of resources such as ventilators and hospital beds during the current coronavirus pandemic could prompt health care decisions based only on age and disability — and in some cases already is.
Pope prays that world may overcome fear amid coronavirus pandemic March 26, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis offered his early morning Mass for vulnerable people and health care workers who live in fear that they or their loved ones may fall ill to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world.
An update from Archbishop Lori March 26, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Coronavirus, Feature, Giving, Local News, News By visiting www.archbalt.org/giving and clicking on the parish giving link, you can contribute directly to your own parish through an easy-to-use, secure portal.
Sister Annie Frances Oman, O.S.F., ministered in Baltimore and west coast states March 25, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A professed Sister of St. Francis for 71 years, Sister Annie Frances served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore early in her career, ministering in education at the former St. Anthony School, which closed in 2005.
Finding healing after tragedy or loss March 25, 2020By Father Ed Dougherty, M.M. Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Light One Candle There is no predictable timing for healing from loss but there are things we can do to help ourselves get through that painful period.
Catholic schools closed through April 24 due to COVID-19 March 25, 2020By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools James Sellinger, chancellor of education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced March 25 that Catholic schools will be closed through April 24, extending a closure period that began March 16 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.