An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

Saturday, April 25, 2020

Can we mourn properly over Zoom?

Church giving down more due to COVID-19 than during recession, survey shows
Religion News Service: Sixty-five percent of churches have seen a decline in giving since mid-March as congregations have halted in-person services due to the coronavirus, according to a new survey.

How social distancing may change the way we do church
National Catholic Reporter: When you think about the mechanics of Sunday Eucharist, it's difficult to imagine a system better designed to spread contagion.

Are Christian churches the next bastion of American socialism?
Literary Hub: Jack Jenkins on the religious left's attempts to fight poverty

Spiritual counselors adapt to serve faithful in pandemic
Associated Press: 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.

Can we mourn properly over Zoom?*
The Atlantic: Will these videochat funerals be anything more than empty containers for unshed tears?

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