In April 2020, three parishes in Ontario, Canada joined together to host a parish mission, titled “Keeping the Faith Alive at Home“, and provided talks spread out over 4 days for their parishioners. Each evening, the priests would provide some teaching and inspiration, as well as adoration and worship music for people to join in […]
Category: COVID-19
How to do things differently during the coronavirus
I came across this very straight forward list from the Diocese of Portsmouth of things to consider during the coronavirus and thought it would be useful to share. The list doesn’t necessarily have anything ‘new’ or groundbreaking but it’s a good checklist to make sure you’ve covered the bases. In summary: Help out in your […]
Big questions: the Pandemic, our Mission and the New Evangelisation
As the pandemic continues to affect our lives, it’s becoming clearer that there are parts of our lives that will inevitable change. Daniel Ang, in his recent article, talks about how there will be little left unchanged after life resumes, and how we can continue to involve our faith in what we do. In the […]
Lessons Learned From COVID-19
Evangelisation in Catholicism has inspired thousands to go out and make disciples, as the idea of following Jesus’ example has increased in popularity in recent times. COVID-19 has motivated many to preach from the comfort of our own homes, but it’s also helped us to see what we may not have been able to grasp […]
Children’s Liturgy Online
Colour and Shape is a really lovely children’s liturgy resource, providing a new video each Saturday evening during the Covid-19 lockdown that can be used for young children who would normally go to children’s liturgy. Eleanor uses all the normal tricks we would use in real life, and talk as though you are in the […]
Pray for Your Neighbours
Bless Every Home is a website dedicated to encouraging people to commit to praying for their neighbour. While this service in particular is focussed on the US, and it’s unlikely that privacy rules would allow for an identical service in the UK, it is still something to consider. For example, it might be possible to […]
Understanding the Situation
State of the the Church 2020 It’s really easy to focus on our current situation and our own small circle of believers when planning for needs. However, this would be a disservice to that large number of people in our communities who don’t come to church, who don’t identify as Christians but who are suffering […]
The Opportunities that Covid-19 is Providing
The Christian Post wrote an article about Francis Chan’s recent video on his ‘Crazy Love’ YouTube channel, which was his message to his former church, sent just as people start to feel the immediate effects of the lockdown. As this pandemic pushes people into isolation, Chan is encouraging the Church to use this chance to […]
How to use Video Conferencing
Revive Parishes offer really helpful ‘how-to’ videos to help parishes get started with online tools. In this particular one, Dan Rogers talks about How to Build Parish/Staff Community Online with FREE Video Meetings, in less than 10 minutes, he shows how to use two conferencing tools: Zoom and Roundee. Conferencing software is especially useful for […]