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April 20, 2020, Adrian, Michigan – UPDATE: 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.

April 13, 2020, Maywood, Illinois – Adrian Dominican Sister Xiomara Méndez-Hernández, OP, as part of the chaplaincy team at Loyola University Medical Center, is finding new ways to be with patients who are dying of COVID-19, the new coronavirus, and with their families. The chaplains make every effort to ensure that patients don’t die alone – even if they have to speak to them from the hall outside of the room – and that families can speak to their dying loved ones. “I think I’ve never prayed so much in my whole life,” Sister Xiomara told Kate Thayer of The Chicago Tribune. Read the entire article on the compassionate ministry of the chaplains in dealing with COVID-19 patients and their families.