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Worshippers recite the Lord s Prayer during a Mass celebrated in honor of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Dec. 9, 2017, in San Diego. The church was first founded to serve the recently arrived Mexican population in San Diego, and has become a cornerstone of the local Latino Catholic community. Participants in the virtual colloquium of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States discussed being a theologian in ministry, rather than in academics. (CNS/David Maung)
Last Saturday, I was able to join the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, or ACHTUS, for the second day of their two-day virtual colloquium. These virtual gatherings are never as much fun as visiting with old friends in person, but I am still glad I attended because the focus of the meeting was both refreshing and, I suspect, seminal.
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Parishes should plan now how to welcome back parishioners to church
Feb 21, 2021 catholic news service
The shadow of a woman entering St. Pius X Church in El Paso, Texas, is seen Sept. 23, 2019. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/AP.)
Even with many recent hopeful signs on vaccinations and the reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases, there is no date certain at which the coronavirus pandemic will be declared over. That should not stop parishes from planning now to welcome back parishioners to Mass in the future.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Even with many recent hopeful signs on vaccinations and the reduction in the number of COVID-19 cases, there is no date certain at which the coronavirus pandemic will be declared over.