For years, some parishes in the Chicago Archdiocese have maintained gardens whose produce was donated to local food pantries. With the rise in food insecurity during COVID-19 sending more people to food pantries than before, ...
In a report for Our Sunday Visitor, contributing editor Russell Shaw asks, “With America gradually reopening in the wake of pandemic-induced shutdowns, will everything revert to being as it was before, as many people hope, ...
Health officials in the city of Madison and in Dane County June 5 lifted a 50-person cap instituted for houses of worship, a limitation that Madison Bishop Donald J. Hying earlier called unjust and said ...
The word most often used to describe the COVID-19 pandemic is “unprecedented,” which is a soft-peddled way to collectively admit there is no road map. Thankfully, there are three fundraising principles that parishes can consider ...
It would be nice if restarting pastoral ministries after the coronavirus shutdown was as easy as flipping a switch from off to on. But ministry is never that simple. When parishes reopen, things will be ...
Many parishes were thrown head-first into the sea of using technology to minister to their parishioners amid the coronavirus pandemic. So, what has this time of quarantine and social distancing taught parishes? Michael Hoyt, a ...
In an article at OSVNews.com, Dr. Joseph White gives parish leaders tips on how to welcome the faithful back to church after public Masses resume. He writes that being mindful of the diverse experiences of ...
A reader asks, “Can a bishop compel congregants to wear face masks to be admitted to church?” Monsignor Charles Pope answers that compel is too strong a word, but a bishop can request that congregants ...
In this issue of Taking Note, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about returning to Mass after the lockdown. She says it’s her unworthiness and her complete weakness without God that has been unmistakable during this time ...
About two and one-half months after public Masses were halted due to safety precautions against the spread of the coronavirus, parishioners came home to Mass on Pentecost Sunday, May 31, in a country church that ...
