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Life on a remote island ebbs and flows, much like the unsettled waters surrounding it.
Father Tom Farrell, pastor of Stella Marish Parish in Door County, Wis., distributes Communion to people attending an outdoor Mass Sept. 6, 2020, at the home of Larry and Diane Kahlscheuer on Washington Island. The Kahlscheuers began hosting outdoor Masses in June, when Green Bay Bishop David L. Ricken allowed public celebration of Masses with social-distancing restrictions. Washington Island has no Catholic church, and the Lutheran church where local Catholics usually gathered for Mass is still closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo by Sam Lucero/The Compass)
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For John Davisson, the past few months of the pandemic in Washington gave him more time to return to a hobby that began during his childhood: making Lego designs.
John Davisson poses for a photo with a Lego replica of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (CNS photo, courtesy Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception via Catholic Standard)
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The diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis is providing an online resource guide to...
Children in the faith-formation program at St. John of Rochester Parish in Fairport work on craft projects Aug. 5. (Photo courtesy of Pam Sikora)
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This is an advertisement for the Catholic app Hallow, which is centered on prayer and meditation. The founders of the app recently added special features to help people cope during the pandemic. (CNS photo handout via Archdiocese of Chicago)
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This is a piece of sheet music for a hymn composed by Father Michael Joncas for this time of the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo courtesy Father Michael Joncas)
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In a screen grab from a viral video posted March 21, 2020, Ali Hoffman dances with her father, Michael, in their Carrollton, Texas, home in an effort to spread joy and humor to families who are increasingly being told to self-isolate amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (CNS photo courtesy Texas Catholic Herald)
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Father Scott Holmer, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Bowie, Md., offers drive-through confessions in the parking lot of the parish March 18, 2020, keeping a safe distance away from penitents amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo by Andrew Biraj/Catholic Standard)
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This year is leap year and so February 2020 has 29 days. The extra day we get approximately once every four years is a way to adapt the calendar year to the astronomical year. The present system of calculating the leap years was designed around fixing the date of Easter. (CNS photo by Rosanna Aguilera/San Angelo Standard-Times via Reuters)
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