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COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: This latest challenge

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What a tsunami! First, it was the grand jury report in Pennsylvania and the fallout therein. Living at ground zero in the state made this issue all the more painful and real. Second, it was the ongoing diocesan initiative to make the Church more alive by merging parishes and regionalizing schools. Because we Catholics can Read More

COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: Hungering for the Eucharist

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Reality is setting in. Life is not just very different for us priests, but for the faithful as well. Do you want to know what it appears from the outside looking in? Let me just share with you some interactions with our faithful, most of which have been through email or on the phone. In Read More

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COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: ‘This Is Not a Normal Time’

Father David Bonnar Comments Off on COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: ‘This Is Not a Normal Time’

I keep telling myself, “This is not a normal time.” After 31 years of priestly life, I have never seen anything like it. There was, of course, 9/11. That was so surreal. It was a beautiful, sunny day in my neck of the woods, but it was evident that we were in the midst of Read More

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COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: Embrace Lent Like Never Before

Father David J. Bonnar Comments Off on COVID-19: A pastor’s perspective: Embrace Lent Like Never Before

Every Lenten journey from year to year is different. Some are better than others. Some are more memorable than others. Perhaps you will agree that this current experience of Lent, when all is said and done, will be unforgettable and forever ingrained in our hearts. The coronavirus pandemic really is a call to dig even Read More

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