Before the pandemic, Sr. Maggie McDermott, OP, used to attend Mass every morning at St. Barnabus Church in the Bronx before she started her ministry as Executive Director of the Tolentine Zeiser Community Life Center. Those daily masses were an ideal way to start her day, as once she arrived at her ministry, she was quite busy overseeing the pre-kindergarten program for three and four-year-olds. When the pandemic hit, the kids went home, but the Tolentine Zeiser administration and teachers still showed up to work each day to teach children remotely from the school. “I’ve been here for 43 years, and I’ve seen nothing like this. It’s been a difficult struggle,” shared Sr. Maggie, a Sister of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York.