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Prayers to the Holy Mother of God, Health of the Sick

In March 2020 Pope Francis composed the following prayers. The first prayer is to Our Lady, Health of the Sick, to implore her protection during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The second prayer was of His Holiness to Mary for the Month of May 2020. This year, the Holy Father has invited Catholics around the world to dedicate the month of May to a marathon of prayer for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. >>>

New artwork at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is a memorial 'to all that suffered' during the pandemic

When students of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School returned from spring break earlier this month, they were greeted by a new piece of artwork located on the brick wall between the playground and gym doors. >>>

Mission hosts family retreat

Dozens of faithful parishioners attended a family Encounter with Jesus celebrated April 25 at San Pablo Catholic Mission in Iron County. The Encounter was led by the Misioneros de Jesús y María (Missionaries of Jesus and Mary), a ministry from St. Peter Parish in American Fork. >>>

Catholic chaplain's book offers spiritual lessons

Rosemary Baron, a St. Ambrose Catholic Church parishioner, has worked as a clinical chaplain for the past nine years and is a board-certified member of the palliative care team at Intermountain Medical Center, a 500-bed hospital in Murray. >>>

The Year of Saint Joseph: The image of their patron saint as the exemplar laborer stands at the heart of Saint Joseph the Worker Parish in West Jordan

The model of St. Joseph the Worker illustrated by John Paul II’s homily is one that the people of West Jordan have followed since moving into the area from Bingham Canyon in the early 1960s. ... >>>

"Patients are ... dying in front of my eyes," says India hospital director

Catholic hospital directors in India told Catholic News Service they did not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set records for the number of COVID-19 deaths – numbers many people believe were underreported. >>>

'We are all brothers,' Franciscan in Jericho says of iftar gifts

As his Muslim neighbors and fellow Jericho residents make their way home for the iftar, which breaks the daily fast throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Franciscan Father Mario Hadchiti hands out small bags of dates and water to passersby in front of the Franciscan Good Shepherd Church. >>>

At 108, Dominican sister says God 'just wants me to hang around'

To put Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella’s extraordinarily long life into historical perspective, consider that Pope Pius X was pontiff and Woodrow Wilson was U.S. president when she was born in 1913 >>>

Shrine prayer hotline spurred by pandemic is so successful, it'll continue

When the world shut down last year because of the pandemic, the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton decided it was time to reach outward. >>>