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Local retreat centers adapt to life in the pandemic
Like many other programs and institutions in the archdiocese, Catholic retreat centers had to close their doors when the stay-at-home order went into effect for COVID-19 at the end of March. Since then, they have had to make decisions on how to continue their ministries during the pandemic.
Spiritual support, retreats help those on the road to recovery from addiction
Pope Francis described the church as a “field hospital,” and Father Thomas Hoar, who has worked with individuals with addiction at St. Edmund’s Retreat in Connecticut since 1993, says this is an apt description for working with those in recovery from addiction.
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