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April 20, 2020, Adrian, MichiganUPDATE: Mindful Pause will move to once per week starting the week of May 25, 2020 (Memorial Day).

Looking for some peacefulness during these chaotic and unprecedented days? Weber Retreat and Conference Center is offering free, online mindfulness sessions with Sister Esther Kennedy, OP.

Sister Esther, an Adrian Dominican Sister, is a retreat leader and spiritual director. While in-person gatherings have been suspended, she is offering her popular program online. A new half-hour Mindful Pause episode is recorded and posted to the Weber Center website twice each week. New recordings are available on Tuesdays and Fridays. To access the recordings, visit the Weber Center website.

For further information, call Weber Center at 517-266-4000.


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April 14, 2020, Alexandria, Virginia – Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, speaks in an interview of the growing needs of people in the United States in light of the COVID-19 virus and the resulting economic downturn. She notes the needs of people throughout the country for food, medical care, and counseling for people who are afflicted or anxious because of the pandemic. 

In addition, Sister Donna speaks of the need for personal protective equipment for CCUSA employees from its more than 160 agencies nationwide who are on the front lines, helping people in need at this time. 

“I would humbly ask that you pray for our workers on the streets who are tending to millions of suffering people at great personal risk,” Sister Donna said in the interview with John Gehring of Commonweal Magazine.


 

 

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