USCCB - All items below are at: Link to USCCB
Daily Readings - Written, audio and video reflections
Online Masses - Vatican...
Prayers - Pope Francis...
Prayer Card - English, Spanish, Vietnamese...
Other Resouces - Ministering to Young People....
Publishers - Give Us This Day, Magnificat, The Word Amoung Us...
Publishers Resources - Give Us This Day, Magnificat, The Word Amoung Us...
Many publisher members of the Association have created resources to help support you in your homes and ministry during the coronavirus pandemic. Use and share these resources as we journey together through this challenging time.
Link: Association of Catholic Publishers.
Word On Fire - Bishop Barron’s website, WordOnFire.org, reaches millions of people each year, and he is one of the world’s most followed Catholics on social media. His regular YouTube videos have been viewed over 40 million times and he has over 1.7 million followers on Facebook. Link: Bishop Rober Barron YouTube.
Phone Apps - see websites or App Store.
The Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office or the Work of God (Opus Dei), is the daily prayer of the Church, marking the hours of each day and sanctifying the day with prayer. The Hours are a meditative dialogue on the mystery of Christ, using scripture and prayer.
• iBreviary - The iBreviary is your portable breviary. You can use it to pray with the full texts of the Liturgy of the Hours. ...and more... Link: How it works and what it offers.
• Universalis - The readings at mass for each day and the week ahead. Liturgy of the Hours, the prayer of the universal Church, seven times a day. ...and more...
• Laudate - (App Store) Daily Mass Readings (with Saint of the Day and Reflections). Liturgy of Hours, Latin Liturgy of Hours, Latin Mass, New American Bible, interactive Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Seven Sorrows Rosary, ...and more...
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Pray as you Go - Pray As You Go is a daily prayer session, designed to go with you wherever you go, to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst travelling to and from work, study, etc. A new prayer session is produced every day of the working week and one session for the weekend. It is not a 'Thought for the Day', a sermon or a bible-study, but rather a framework for your own prayer. ...and more...
Link: About Pray-as-you-Go.
This message is primarily for those in the Tucson area, but those outside Tucson may be able to adapt the suggestion below.
I am aware that there are individuals and groups in our parishes that are anxious to perform a good work of charity--to be of real help to someone in need in these challenging times. The Pastoral Care Department at St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Hospitals in Tucson has reached out to us with an option you may find helpful. If any of the suggestions below interest you or any of your parishioners you should feel free to contact the hospitals as indicated below. Also, if you have a Catholic School you may wish to share this with your Principal.
May God bless you.
+Edward J. Weisenburger.
Your help is needed!:
We received an urgent request for help from St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Hospitals. The COVID-19 crisis has hit their staffs extremely hard. The grueling work of caring for so many extremely sick patients has left them physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted. You can help! Here are a few ideas.
PRAY. Pray that God protects them as they work, for healing of their patients, for the health of their families, and for an end to the pandemic.
Ask your students, children and grandchildren to make colorful posters (of any size) thanking the cleaning crew, cafeteria workers, ward clerks, respiratory technicians, transportation personnel, doctors, nurses and the entire staff for their hard work and dedication – the encouragement will do wonders for them.
Write thank you cards and notes of appreciation to the same group of people.
Give or collect donations and/or gift certificates for restaurants or grocery stores who can deliver food and/or meals to a specific ward or unit (the medical, emergency and intensive care units have been hit especially hard.)
Have your local pizza place deliver pizza to a ward or unit.
Sew or make fabric masks or donate other critical supplies such as sanitizer, medical gloves, etc.
Make care packages that include pre-packaged, individually wrapped snacks, thank you cards, encouraging notes, cute post-it notes, office supplies, etc. Be creative.
Any other items you can think of that will help them remain positive as they deal with the chaos and pain that this crisis has caused.
If you have any questions regarding the masks or other supplies, please email,
Joanna Mahon at Joanna.mahon@carondelet.org.
Her telephone number is 520-872-6216.
All items can be sent to or dropped off (please call ahead in order to allow for curb-side drop-off/pick-up) in care of
Travis Williams,
Market Manager of Spiritual Care Services at
St. Mary’s Hospital,
1601 West St. Mary’s Road,
Tucson, Arizona 85745.
His telephone number is 520-345-9441 and his email address is travis.williams@carondelet.org.
Please call or email him if you have any questions or any ideas that you think may help. Thank you in advance for your prayers, generosity and compassion.