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How Can We Be People for Others in the Time of COVID-19?

“There is something which lies at the very center of the Ignatian spirit, and which enables us to renew ourselves ceaselessly and thus to adapt ourselves to new situations as they arise,” Fr. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, once said.

“God is Bedside Always”

May 5, 2020 — When working with his colleagues at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, Fr. Mark Ciccone, SJ, constantly reminds them: “When you take care of people with kindness and compassion and surround someone with healing, you are no less a presence of the holy than I try to be as a chaplain.”

Coronavirus is worsening inequality

As U.S. and Canadian governments respond to this public health crisis, we must ensure that legislative solutions take the needs of these vulnerable communities to heart.