Over the next two years, the Archdiocese of Detroit will transition to a new pastoral and governance model for its 218 parishes called "families of parishes," Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron announced May 31, the feast of Pentecost. Calling it a "very important
When parishioners begin returning to their churches as pandemic restrictions are gradually lifted, the buildings will look the same, but the environment might feel different because of new social-distancing measures. For example, in Houston, a young adult woman who went to Sunday
After nearly two months without public Masses because of the coronavirus pandemic, dioceses — mostly in the South and Midwest — have begun allowing pastors to celebrate Masses for the faithful again. All of the bishops who have restarted public Masses in
With Sunday Mass offertory collections virtually nonexistent during the coronavirus pandemic, dioceses are helping their parishes tap into revenue sources to help keep one crisis from becoming a second crisis. One such revenue source is the Paycheck Protection Program loans from the
As more governors begin talking about reopening their states, most of which have been shut down for almost two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of the nation’s Catholic bishops are looking to bring back public Masses, albeit with
For most of us, entering our parish church is like walking into our home. We know where everything is located, the pictures on the wall, the furniture, our favorite seat. Even when we go to another church, the surroundings are so similar