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March 29, 2020

ShareLife’s many needs can’t be put on hold

A bulletin over a ShareLife poster notifies parishioners of the cancellation of Masses.

The needs of the thousands of people served by ShareLife agencies don’t go away in a time of crisis.

Published in Canada
March 28, 2020

Helping hands in time of crisis

Br. John Corriveau, retired bishop of Nelson, B.C., hands a hot take-out meal to Chico, a regular at St. Francis Table.

B. and Toby have been camping in a green tent on a strip of muddy ground between an on-ramp to the Don Valley Parkway and a fence near St. Paul’s Basilica in downtown Toronto for a couple of weeks. 

Published in Canada
March 28, 2020

Priests finding ways to connect

Fr. Rico Passero celebrates Mass at his parish in Grimsby, ON, with photos of his parishioners, which he has attached to the pews where each would normally sit on Sunday.

When Fr. Rico Passero celebrates Mass in these days of crisis, he does so with a full congregation joining him.

Published in Canada
March 28, 2020

Priest takes confession to the parking lot

Fr. Scott Holmer, a pastor in Bowie, Md., offers drive-through confessions in the parking lot of his parish church, keeping a safe distance away from penitents amid the coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON -- When public Masses in the Archdiocese of Washington were suspended in efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Fr. Scott Holmer, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Bowie, Md., got creative about bringing the sacraments to his local community.

Published in International
March 27, 2020

In Rome, ‘it feels like living in a war’

Medical workers at Gemelli Hospital in Rome wear protective suits as they attend an elderly coronavirus patient.

VANCOUVER -- Vancouver priest Fr. Davide Lanzani compares Rome to a war zone.

Published in Canada
March 27, 2020

Glen Argan: This is a time to strengthen the foundation

Today, the celebration of the Eucharist can be found readily on TV and the Internet.

With widespread orders from bishops across North America and Europe to cancel public Masses including the Sunday Eucharist, some naysayers were bound to arise.

Published in Glen Argan
March 26, 2020

Ottawa’s March for Life looking at alternatives

Ottawa’s March for Life looking at alternatives

OTTAWA -- There will be some sort of national March for Life event on May 14, but whether there will be an actual march through the streets of the nation’s capital and a rally of thousands of pro-life Canadians at Parliament Hill is still to be determined.

Published in Canada
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