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A deeper look at Catholic schools pandemic enrollment plunge

(NCR, GSR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz) In an unprecedented drop, U.S. Catholic school enrollment decreased by 6.4%, or more than 111,000 students, between fall of 2019 and the beginning of this school year. The plunge, based on diocesan data published by the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) in February, is the largest decline since record keeping began in the early 1970s and exceeded the drops that followed 2008 financial crisis and the clergy sex abuse scandal. The enrollment drop translated to an equally stark number of Catholic school closures; 186 elementary schools and 23 high schools shut their doors permanently in 2020, more than doubling the average number of annual closures in the last five years, the NCEA found.

Pandemic Mass-going: Parking lot church saves lives, emboldens faith

Parishioners walk on the snow-cleared parking lot of St. Patrick Church in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to assemble in winter for Mass outdoors. (Courtesy of St. Patrick Parish) Editor s note: A year after churches locked down because of the coronavirus pandemic, we asked two writers to reflect on why they have or have not returned to in-person church. Hosffman Ospino has returned to Mass celebrated outdoors, even in winter, while Julie Rubio sees herself fasting from in-person Mass for now. What are you doing? Contribute to our reader response story here. (NCR, GSR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz) We have marked a full year into the COVID-19 pandemic. It has not been an easy time for Catholic churches and other houses of worship. After closing their doors temporarily, most Catholic parishes have resumed operations, some with fewer services and many with fewer people as they adhere to local policies and recommendations from health care professionals.

Turning point for religious life in India: What we hope continues forever as COVID-19 abates

Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany distribution of provisions in Jharkhand, India, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy Women s Religious Conference India) Editor s note: As part of our Coronavirus: A Year Later coverage, we invited leaders of women s congregational associations to reflect on how the pandemic has affected religious life in their regions. Some provided overviews; others focused on their individual congregations as emblematic of shared experience. This entry is from the National Conference of Religious Women, India. (NCR, GSR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz) The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world, turned it upside down. It has brought revolutionary changes in almost every aspect of life. Masks have become an essential part of clothing. Traditional greetings like handshakes and hugging are replaced with physical distance. Sanitizers have become an essential household commodity. Classrooms are replaced by virtual platforms. Thu

Pandemic Mass-going: Park church replaces in-person and Zoom Masses, for now

But in late summer, as restrictions on outdoor gatherings in Berkeley relaxed a bit, a small group began to meet, masked and distanced, in a nearby park to read and reflect on Scripture, and pray. (Unsplash/Hannah Busing) Editor s note: A year after churches locked down because of the coronavirus pandemic, we asked two writers to reflect on why they have or have not returned to in-person church. Julie Hanlon Rubio sees herself fasting from in-person Mass for now, while Hosffman Ospino has returned to Mass celebrated outdoors, even in winter. What are you doing? Contribute to our reader response story here.

Sisters find spiritual sustenance during year of COVID-19 hardship

Sr. Marie Duffy had it all planned out, she said. Settled comfortably into her congregation s retirement facility, Camilla Hall, the 87-year-old Immaculate Heart of Mary sister, a former guidance counselor, would embrace the second calling in her life. I can t wait until I can have coffee, have time to pray and not to drive, and just be with God, Duffy said she remembers thinking. She enjoyed a year with friends on the independent living floor. Then came the pandemic. After that, a fall. And on Sept. 11, 2020, Duffy entered a local hospital, where she had three surgeries on her leg and hip. For five months, she was bed bound.

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