We continue to pray for all those affected by this coronavirus and their families; for the health workers who are courageously attempting to diagnose and treat patients, for those under quarantine awaiting results of their screening for the virus; for those groups at home and abroad who are working to provide good information, medical supplies, food and household necessities, and other assistance; for those whose daily bread is affected by these closings and for those who have lost family and friends.
We stand by our purpose to assist the involvement of children and adults in a common religious experience in which the religious values of childhood, primarily those values of contemplation and enjoyment of God, are predominant. In doing so, we live what we have learned from the children: we take a listening stance before our Good Shepherd and are a people of prayer. May we live this time of pandemic with deeper fasting, deeper prayer, deeper charity.