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Three parishes to host COVID-19 vaccination events

Three Chicago parishes will host vaccination events in April as part of the city’s initiative to reach underserved communities through their houses of worship.

Alleluia, he is risen

Alleluia, he is risen indeed. That’s the traditional greeting for the Easter season, one that expresses the joy of the resurrection and what it means for our salvation.

First responders at OSF Little Company of Mary share pandemic experiences

When the pandemic forced businesses and other institutions to shut down and hospitals were overrun with COVID-19 patients, Krisha Germscheid, an emergency room nurse at OSF Healthcare Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park, was on her way back from vacation with her husband and young son.

Papal charity runs Holy Week vaccination clinic for the poor

The Office of Papal Charities has purchased enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to offer inoculations in Rome to 1,200 of “the poorest and most marginalized people who, because of their situation, are the most exposed” to the coronavirus.

What we’ve learned

If you could go back to early March 2020 and give yourself advice for the coming year, what would you say?

Bishops say COVID-19 vaccine can be used in good conscience

In a new video, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine reiterated that use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine “can be used in good moral conscience.”

Post-pandemic world must learn from mistakes, pope says

The uncertainty and death brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic can be an opportunity for humanity to reflect on how to build a better world, Pope Francis said in a new book.

St. Gall hosts event to vaccinate vulnerable community

The lower level of St. Gall Church, 5511 S. Sawyer Ave., was buzzing with activity on March 13 as 500 people received the first round of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during an event organized by the Chicago Department of Public Health, the Southwest Organizing Project, Friend Health and Catholic Charities.

Teachers, school staff receive vaccinations for COVID-19

When Daughter of Mary Immaculate of Guadalupe Claudia Carrillo, principal of Immaculate Conception School, 8739 S. Exchange Ave., learned that she and her fellow sisters who teach at the school could receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, she jumped at the chance.

COVID-19 doesn’t stop annual Lenten fish frys

Nena Zialkowski has been running the fish fry at St. Benedict Parish in Blue Island for more than 15 years, and she has it down to a science: the menu, the number of volunteers, how much fish to order to serve up to 1,200 meals each Friday during Lent.
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