National Association of Evangelicals: Four Pastoral Principles to Guide Your Reopening Discussion (undated, before May 22)… Read the rest
Category: Public Health (Page 7 of 15)
To Our Beloved Shuls:
We are deeply moved by the devotion and dedication of our incredible community as we have together navigated this health crisis with faith and perseverance. The virus which has sickened so many and temporarily suspended our public communal functions has been met with countless acts of chesed and private service of Hashem.… Read the rest
by Robin J. Freeman
The Orthodox Church is a singing church. We express our faith through song. For weeks or months now, many of us have been unable to attend services because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We miss hearing our hymns, and singing them—praying them—together. … Read the rest
The Episcopal Diocese of Maine: An Initial Approach to Regathering (May 2020)
[Editor’s Note: In a later statement the Bishop recommended continuing online worship through the month of June.]… Read the rest
Presbyterian Mission Agency: Beginning Conversations for Re-Entry (undated, likely early May)… Read the rest
What Have We Learned So Far from the Pandemic
COVID-19 is opportunistic. It looks for opportunities to jump species, to spread from one person to another.
Some environments provide excellent conditions for the virus to spread. Think of cruise ships, prisons, migrant work camps, nursing homes, an aircraft carrier, homeless shelters, subways, meat packing plants.
- At the discretion of the pastor, a parish in the Archdiocese of Detroit is permitted to resume public Masses on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 under the conditions below.
- Pride of place for attending these earliest Masses should be given to the Elect, Candidates for Full Communion, and those assisting these two groups for entrance into the Catholic Church.
