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Videos welcome people back to Mass, share protocols

The archdiocese’s Office of Radio and Television is launching a video effort to welcome people back to in-person Mass and inform them of updated COVID-19 protocols. The effort will be shared through archdiocesan online channels.

¡Vámonos!

¡Vámonos! When COVID-19 began taking its toll, my colleagues and I started using this Spanish expression, which means “let’s go,” as a rallying call to get out into the neighborhoods to help those who needed it most. We used it with the connotation of “let’s get this done” and “we can do this” because there indeed was a lot to be done.

All pews open as archdiocese lifts COVID-19 restrictions on Masses

Staff members and volunteers at parishes around Chicago spent June 10-11 pulling tape off pews to make them available for seating again, removing stickers from floors and refilling baptismal and holy water fonts.

St. Viator High School hosts drive-thru vaccinations

Members of the St. Viator High School community and residents in Arlington Heights and surrounding areas were able to receive COVID-19 vaccines June 10 when the school partnered with the Illinois Department of Public Health to host and drive-thru vaccination event.

Hispanic community remembers victims of COVID-19 during Mass

Auxiliary Bishop John Manz joined Father Ismael Sandoval and other archdiocesan priests and deacons in celebrating a May 30 Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines to honor people who have died from COVID-19.

At rosary, pope prays resources move from military to pandemic prevention

Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis: ‘Morally everyone must take the vaccine’

While the growing availability of effective COVID-19 vaccines is a sign of hope, the pandemic is still far from over. The number of cases is growing globally, with India seeing more than 400,000 in just one day. As the virus mutates, the pandemic will continue to wreak havoc with mounting death tolls, financial ruin, social isolation and great suffering for the most vulnerable.

Pope Francis celebrates name day at Vatican vaccination clinic

Celebrating his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis was serenaded by hundreds of Rome’s most vulnerable residents and the people who assist them.

New life

Have you gotten your vaccination yet? That’s become the new small talk, the new topic of conversation among friends and family.

Faith leaders discuss COVID-19 vaccine on ABC-7 town hall

Leaders of religious communities have a role to play in encouraging members of their congregations to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and in building a more just, equitable society where members of all faiths and none are recognized as members of the common human family.
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