The Ignatian way of approaching the world with thoughtfulness, care, courage and love is bearing fruit during a year of immense challenges, write two leaders of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Private and public schools alike will not be allowed to reopen their campuses if they are located in counties that remain on the state’s monitoring list.

About 30 families at Sagrado Corazon have had members infected by the virus, Father David Ramirez said. There also have been families at St. Luke Church in Smyrna and St. John Vianney Church in Gallatin that have been directly affected by the virus.

Church officials had been in regular conversation with Toronto and Ontario officials and received enthusiastic approval of the plan the diocese put in motion to reopen churches and restore Communion at Mass.

A tireless promoter of missionary work, Italian-born Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini of El Alto, Bolivia devoted his life to the people of his adopted country.

The economic strains of the pandemic have affected every entity, and despite some disruptions and upheavals, the American church is coping with new realities.