Many parishes lack resources, having not received money in the collection basket because of suspended services.
Coronavirus
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why our Jesuit High School is returning to in-person learning this fall
Should I recommend that my school open? What risks are involved in such a decision?
Posted inFaith, News
Makers of sacramental bread and wine take an economic hit due to Covid-19
Due to the global shutdown, sacramental wine and altar bread businesses have suffered as Covid-19 is preventing most indoor public celebrations of the Mass.
Posted inFaith, Features
‘The Melting Pot’ is an outdated image of America. We need a new metaphor to define the nation.
What kind of people will we be, not only at the end of the Covid-19 storm but throughout the journey?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Our plans for school this year will probably fail—and that’s O.K.
Remote, in-person or home schooling: They are all impossible. So why worry about failing?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Making the poor a priority isn’t political, it’s the Gospel
The preferential option for the poor, which includes feeding the hungry and drawing close to the excluded, “is the key criterion of Christian authenticity,” Pope Francis said Aug. 19 during his weekly general audience.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
University of Notre Dame suspends in-person classes after coronavirus cases increase
The decision was made after a surge in cases since classes resumed on Aug. 10.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Cristo Rey students taught me how to find consolation—even in a crisis
Just feeling good is spiritually different from the sensation of feeling one’s “heart drawn to God,” even if the circumstances are outwardly negative, bleak.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
My first week at Notre Dame—where Covid-19 cases are rising
Flora X. Tang reported for classes last week at the University of Notre Dame. She found a lot of improvising to make in-person classes work, but the number of Covid-19 cases on campus rose each day.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis asks for prayers for the unemployed, for dialogue, peace
While reciting the Angelus, Pope Francis urged people to pray for various intentions, including praying for those suffering from the pandemic.