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St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax senior class has adapted a lot these past few months. They were patiently awaiting many events including prom, Baccalaureate Mass and graduation. Since it’s Paul VI’s last year in Fairfax before moving to Loudoun, the seniors also were looking forward to spending their final months of high school in the building they had called home for the past four years. The coronavirus situation brought all of these hopes to a sudden halt.
The Catholic Herald photographs diocesan high school seniors as a tribute to the Class of 2020.
Kate, Samantha and Grace Fisher often get asked the same question.
In a few weeks, I was supposed to lead a group of pilgrims from Baltimore to Oberammergau, Germany, with my husband, Chris Gunty, associate publisher and editor of the Catholic Review magazine. The odd coincidence — not being able to visit a town literally put on the map by a plague — is not lost on me.
This senior spreads his love of God at his parish, school and worldwide.
In January, I had spring 2020 meticulously planned. I sketched it out in detail in not one, but three planners. I had a long-range view, a daily up-close detail, and something that fell in between and was open to all the inevitable entries from the outside world that would surely fill the squares. In February, we made sweeping, lifechanging decisions. Those planners each took on new importance.
Six years ago, Father Paul Richardson almost died from a severe case of pneumonia that left him in a coma. Weakened by multiple sclerosis diagnosed a few years earlier, he was not expected to recover. “They were actually talking with my family about turning off life support when I woke up,” said Father Richardson, 57, who considers his recovery “almost miraculous.”
There is no such thing as business as usual when it comes to teaching high school students in the middle of a pandemic. But that doesn’t always have to be a bad thing. If the pandemic lockdown hadn't wiped clean Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde’s appointment book, the opportunity to teach high school virtually might never have come up.
Schools find ways to celebrate their graduates’ accomplishments from afar.
The promised Advocate
Pentecost is the grand finale of the paschal mystery. The pouring forth of the Holy Spirit onto the church and into the hearts of Christians is absolutely critical to the saving mission of Christ. The celebration of Pentecost boldly proclaims our belief in the power of the Holy Spirit to generate faith in Jesus, unify a divided world, set hearts on fire with a love for God and send out disciples to scatter the darkness with the light of Christ.