Denver, Colo., Mar 17, 2020 / 12:20 pm (CNA).- While dioceses across the country have canceled public Masses in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, many parishes are remaining open for prayer, Eucharistic adoration, and confession, and continuing charitable work in the community.
But some parishes, especially those serving poor communities, have already begun feeling a financial pinch as they lose access to in-person parish collections.
For Father Joseph Lajoie, pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Denver, dwindling cash flow during the coronavirus crisis constitutes a “potentially crippling, if not mortal, blow” to the parish.
“We are as antiquated as our registration system. It’s a three-ring binder,” Lajoie told CNA.
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