Mother of the Church and our mother

As we enter our seventh week under statewide “stay at home orders,” I continue to be humbled and amazed by the way our parishes and schools are responding to this ongoing pandemic with charity, creativity, and pastoral zeal.

Parishes and schools are serving our people in new ways — from daily livestream Masses, to online instruction, to serving children and families in need with great compassion.

I have been thinking a lot these days of St. Pope John Paul II, as we approach what would have been his 100th birthday on May 18.

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