St. Oscar Romero was killed in a hospital chapel in San Salvador. Sisters keep his memory alive on the hospital grounds in what they consider his "shrine": a small residence they built for him at the property's entrance.
Indian parish converts feast to memorial service for Covid victims
Parishioners put celebrations for their patron saint on hold to come together in a special way
Parish priest Father Vinod Kanatt celebrates Mass at his St. Ann s Church in Rajkot Diocese of Gujarat state for those who died of Covid-19. (Photo supplied)
When Bonita Fernandez was invited to attend a special prayer service remembering her late father, she never expected the entire parish to join the service and change her image of Catholic community life.
As she entered St. Ann s Church in Junagadh, her parental parish in Rajkot Diocese of western India s Gujarat state, she found eight portraits of parishioners who had died of Covid-19 in the past year.
the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines. (NCR, GSR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz)
It s been almost a year since the Philippine government enforced quarantine restrictions in the Philippines. For some, it was a welcome break from the busyness of their regular lives, but for many consecrated men and women, it was a challenge to be more daring and to allow new and creative expression of their respective charisms amidst the changes in the world due to the pandemic.
The Joint Secretariat of the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (AMRSP) received reports of the COVID-response from the different members. Common themes emerged. First was the desire to provide for the immediate needs of street-dwellers, those from the informal economy, and other daily wage earners. Individual institutes often had their own programs, depending on the availability of both human and material resources.