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With more than half of its seminarians already back in the United States, the Pontifical North American College in Rome is sending its students home.
The formal blessing — usually given only immediately after a new pope's election and on Christmas and Easter — carries with it a plenary indulgence for all who follow by television, internet or radio, are sorry for their sins, recite a few prescribed prayers and promise to go to confession and to receive the Eucharist as soon as possible.
With the rapid changes brought on by COVID-19, there is an incredible level of stress for everyone in the country. We have worries about our families, our work, finances, and loved ones living in areas that may be experiencing an even greater impact than here in the Diocese of Arlington. We have seen widespread effects that are unprecedented in our lifetime such as all Masses being suspended and the cancellation of major sporting events. So how can we cope with the chaos of the pandemic?
Knights of Columbus and parish volunteers around the Arlington diocese are organizing helping ministries to show love and care in the time of COVID-19.
Families everywhere are embracing new technology to pray and bond.
In places particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and with severe limits on people leaving their homes, conditions may exist to grant general absolution to the faithful without them personally confessing their sins first, the Vatican said.
While conferences and meetings can be postponed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter cannot, with the exception of the chrism Mass, said the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
During the coronavirus pandemic, giving blood is more important than ever. Most local drives are canceled, but health officials say the need is great and urge donors to make appointments.
St. Martin de Porres Senior Center in Alexandria closed its doors March 18 in response to COVID-19, but not before providing shelf-stable meal boxes to clients to take home.
Nearly 30 years ago, when I first began “home schooling,” I adamantly rejected the term. Now, when it seems the whole country is adjusting to school-aged children at home for academics, I encourage you to join me in rejecting the term if for no other reason than the rejection will save your sanity. Even if half a dozen children suddenly are sitting at your kitchen table awaiting their daily dose of lessons, you don’t have to home-school. You just have to keep doing what you’ve always done, with a slightly different emphasis on certain intentions.
