As we continue to navigate the ongoing reality of the Coronavirus pandemic and deep social unrest, please know we hold you in prayer. We offer the following resources to support and inspire you.
Reflections
- Sisters in Ministry: The Gospel in Action
- Witness & Grace: Sr. Nancy Sylvester demonstrates contemplation’s value amid pandemic
- Witness & Grace: Sr. Nancy Sylvester demonstrates contemplation’s value amid pandemic video
- Pope Francis: The pandemic has ‘given us a chance to develop new ways of living.’
- This ‘Season of Creation’ demands attention to environmental racism
The importance and challenge of doing nothing – by Daniel Horan - COVID-19 Can lead us to a better world – by Patrick Carolan
- Social Distancing: The Praxis of a New Consciousness
Poems & Prayers
- Novena to Saint Francis: For a world under threat
- Prayer During a Pandemic – By – Sister Chris Koellhoffer, IHM
- We Fell Asleep in One World – By Rashid Haroon
- Litany of Intentions – By Joanna Lin Want
- In the Time of Pandemic by: Catherine O’Meara
- When the Going Gets Tough by Katrina Kenison
- Prayer During Coronavirus Pandemic – by Pope Francis
- Handwashing Prayer – Provided by The Christine Center
Articles
- The Well of Light – Awakening the Spirit Within – August 2020 Newsletter
- COVID-19 crisis provides opportunities and grace – by Thomas Reese – July 22, 2020
- Do You Have ‘Zoom Apnea’? – by Dr. Susan Pollak – July 14, 2020
- Catholics wearing a mask is an expression of true freedom – by Mike Jordan Laskey – June 25, 2020
- This Is Your Body And Brain On Coronavirus Quarantine – by Krissy Brady – May 18, 2020
- Socially distant, spiritually connected – by Amanda Carrier – May 11, 2020
Below you will find links to short newsletters titled Blessings: United in a Time of Global Pandemic. We will strive to produce this little newsletter weekly to share photos, quotes, brief reflections, and good news with one another. The goal is staying connected. Thank you to all who have shared with us, we WILL be using your material.
- Blessings: September 4, 2020
- Blessings: August 14, 2020
- Blessings: July 17, 2020
- Blessings: July 10, 2020
- Blessings: July 3, 2020
- Blessings: June 26, 2020
- Blessings: June 19, 2020
- Blessings: June 12, 2020
- Blessings: June 5, 2020
- Blessings: May 29, 2020
- Blessings: May 22, 2020
- Blessings: May 15, 2020
- Blessings: May 8, 2020
- Blessings: May 1, 2020
- Blessings: April 23, 2020
- Blessings: April 16, 2020
- Blessings: April 9, 2020
As we continue to live, work, play, and pray, may we continue to hold one another our, and especially the most vulnerable, in our hearts and prayers.
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