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  • Minnesota bishop assembles priest team for anointing COVID-19 patients

    Minnesota bishop assembles priest team for anointing COVID-19 patients

    • May 7, 2020

    With local hospitals tightening restrictions for entering the rooms of patients with COVID-19, Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis is addressing an important pastoral need — administering the sacrament of the anointing of the sick to those suffering from the illness who are in danger of dying.

    By Dave Hrbacek
  • Hospital chaplains talk about their ministry in the midst of pandemic

    Hospital chaplains talk about their ministry in the midst of pandemic

    • May 3, 2020

    These days, the job description of hospital chaplain has changed due to the historically stringent safety restrictions now in place at all hospitals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Dave Guthro
  • Indiana priests bring ‘power of the sacraments’ to the dying during pandemic

    Indiana priests bring ‘power of the sacraments’ to the dying during pandemic

    • May 3, 2020

    For more than a month, churches have been empty. No baptisms, no weddings, no confessions heard. Priests celebrate Masses alone, livestreaming them on the internet. But they still go out to people who are dying to administer the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, even to those who are suffering from the virus.

    By Sean Gallagher
  • Priest’s routine is now COVID patients, outdoor confessions, online Masses

    Priest’s routine is now COVID patients, outdoor confessions, online Masses

    • Apr 27, 2020

    Father Paul Marquis sits in his office at Mercy Hospital, waiting. He often notices how the usually busy corridors outside have grown quiet recently. Strict visitor regulations are in place, and staff schedules have been drastically altered to cover any possibility of a surge during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Spiritual counselors adapt to serve faithful in pandemic

    Spiritual counselors adapt to serve faithful in pandemic

    • Apr 22, 2020

    As the coronavirus claims tens of thousands of American lives, spiritual counselors are facing an already daunting job, rendered life-altering by the pandemic: Bringing faith and connection to the sick and bereaved and honoring the dead.

    By Elana Schor and Mariam Fam
  • Diocese designates, trains younger priests as special ministers to sick

    Diocese designates, trains younger priests as special ministers to sick

    • Apr 13, 2020

    For all priests in the Diocese of Worcester, ministry to the sick and dying in these days of the coronavirus pandemic is changed. Nineteen priests in the diocese have been trained to be designated ministers to the sick

    By Tanya Connor
  • Chaplains being prepared for ‘Nightingale hospital’ in England

    Chaplains being prepared for ‘Nightingale hospital’ in England

    • Apr 9, 2020

    Clergy from the Archdiocese of Birmingham are training to be chaplains in the emergency “Nightingale hospital” being prepared to deal with the expected overflow of patients caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

    By Charles Collins
  • After decades ‘behind bars,’ Texas priest retires from prison ministry

    After decades ‘behind bars,’ Texas priest retires from prison ministry

    • Mar 2, 2020

    “It’s time for me to be paroled,” joked Father Ron Cloutier as he retired from directing Correctional Ministries for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston after more than 40 years providing for the spiritual needs of people in prison.

    By Jo Ann Zuñiga
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