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Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic

6th June 2020 By

Toolkit for parishes and Caritas Diocesan Agencies

 

We have received a note of guidance produced by Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) with the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) https://www.csan.org.uk/guidance/covid-19/  

This was published with remarkable speed on April 23rd. In its eighteen pages it is impressive: both caring and comprehensively practical and supportive.  Bishop Terence P Drainey, Chair of CSAN, provides a foreword on the context of the Covid-19 crisis and a Roman Catholic Church response to it.  We think it is of general relevance for all Churches.

There are illustrative examples of initiatives:

  • to combat isolation and loneliness,
  • to support the vulnerable and self-isolated, and about
  • foodbanks,
  • volunteering,
  • safeguarding,
  • funding,
  • communicating, including translation of national and international guidance, and
  • dealing with deaths and bereavement.

Frequently asked questions are anticipated and answers provide, including:

  • tools to help,
  • long-term effects,
  • discovering those in most need,
  • supporting the isolated,
  • being effective and long-lasting, and
  • links to other useful resources

There are important sections on safety of volunteers, telephone befriending and a Community Response Service.  There are, also, sample prayers which may be helpful in the various situations which the crisis is producing.

It is also possible to customize this toolkit to fit a particular area or community.

This response to a particular challenge complements another recent publication for CSAN: Reaching Out. Older people and Catholic Parishes. Making Memories Together https://www.csan.org.uk/embrace/

 

NB.  A link to this News item was included in our recent Newsletter but, for reasons unknown, it does not connect to the CSAN site.  

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Speaking Out

There are some things which just have to be said.  We have to speak out because at the heart of the Christian message is our belief that God is not silent.  God has spoken through creation itself and the evolving universe; through the human story; through the dwelling of Jesus Christ in time; through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the Church and in each believer; through the inspiration of the scriptures; and through the wisdom and the teaching of the Church through the ages.

We use words all the time.  Words of welcome.  Words of wisdom.  Words of warmth.  Words of warning.  Words of wistfulness.  Our words are wasted if words are just words.   In the beginning was the Word.  And the Word was with God.  And the Word was God.  Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him.   The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The Word made things happen.

As Christians, as followers of the Word, we do something about what we have heard.  Our own best words are our actions.

Please tell us what you would like us to Speak Out about by contacting:  info@ccoa.org.uk

 

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