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St. John Regional Catholic School, Frederick, students work in the Maker Space classroom in a Catholic Review file photo. Maryland schools have been shut down through April 24 due to the global Coronavirus outbreak. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Catholic schools closed through April 24 due to COVID-19

Kevin J. Parks
March 25, 2020
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James Sellinger, chancellor of education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced March 25 that Catholic schools will be closed through April 24, extending a closure period that began March 16 in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Archbishop William E. Lori is shown in a file photo celebrating Mass. The archbishop is offering to accept personal prayer requests from people throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (CNS photo/Leslie E. Kossoff)

Archbishop Lori accepts online prayer requests

Catholic Review Staff
March 25, 2020
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Archbishop William E. Lori announced March 25 that he is inviting people throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore to submit their personal prayer requests for themselves, their families and loved ones so he can include those offerings at his daily Masses.

Two priests stand in front of a crucifix as they celebrate the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) from the roof of their church, Santa Maria della Salute in Naples, Italy, March 20, 2020. (CNS photo/Ciro Napolipress, Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COMNo via Reuters)

Pope: Personnel, priests caring for COVID-19 patients are heroes

Carol Glatz
March 24, 2020
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With the number of priests and religious dying from coronavirus-related illnesses rising, Pope Francis offered his prayers for those who died after being infected helping COVID-19 patients and their communities.

Inmates are seen on the roof of the San Vittore Prison in Milan March 9, 2020, during a revolt after family visits were suspended due to fears over the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Flavio Lo Scalzo, Reuters)

Forget me not: Prison ministry faces challenges of global pandemic

Junno Arocho Esteves
March 24, 2020
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As more countries continue to take precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the term “lockdown,” normally used to describe confining prisoners to their cells, has taken on a whole new meaning.

Missioners from the Institute of the Incarnate Word and Institute of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará stand outside Our Lady of Fatima in East Baltimore. (Courtesy Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara)

Door-to-door evangelization in East Baltimore stopped mid-mission

Edward O’N. Hoyt
March 23, 2020
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As residents looked on in curiosity from their porches and windows in the Joseph Lee/Bayside neighborhood of East Baltimore March 13, a column of color and solemn music split the abandoned streets. 

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