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NEW PRAYER GUIDE TO SUPPORT HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING PANDEMIC A new prayer guide has been produced to help support healthcare workers as they tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Developed by online prayer resource Pray As You Go, the Healing Hands guide aims to encourage and support doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals to pray as they face the daily challenges of working amid the current pandemic. The guide consists of two sessions: one for preparation before a shift and another as a reflective prayer to look back over a day or shift... Written by Christian doctor, Father Paul O’Reilly SJ, the resources combine his experiences of both medical life and his Catholic faith to produce a short burst of prayer and reflection for those working in the healthcare system... ‘I created these prayer guides simply based on the way I pray as I go to and from my work as a GP... What I offer here is not any form of guidance, consensus statement, established protocol, expert advice or, least of all, an example of good practice. ‘It is simply how I pray as I go to and from the work I offer to the Lord.’ [Producer of Pray As You Go Emma Holland] told Premier: ‘Prayer can really transform your day... to know God’s presence with us and to focus on God’s activity in our day-to-day [lives].’
CORONAVIRUS BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE LAUNCHED St Paul’s Cathedral [has unveiled] a new online book of remembrance for those who have died from coronavirus. Launched online... it has won the support of the Prince of Wales, who said it was a chance to mark ‘our loss and sorrow, but also to be thankful for everything good that those we have loved brought into our lives’. The memorial book, called Remember Me, will be... open to people of all faiths or none, the cathedral said. However, those named in the memorial must be British or have been living in the UK. Those who want to use it will be able to submit the name and photograph of the deceased as well as a short message. The Church of England Newspaper
YOUNG CATHOLICS LAUNCH WEBSITE TO HELP REOPEN CHURCHES A group of young Catholics has launched a volunteering website, with the intention of helping with the reopening of Catholic churches across England, Wales and Scotland. The website, Open Church Doors, allows lay Catholics to indicate their availability to help clean, maintain and manage their local parish for private prayer... Over 600 people have already signed up to help out. According to one of the initiative’s organisers, the popularity of the site indicates an appetite to provide concrete assistance to bishops and priests working for the reopening of parishes, especially amongst younger, web-literate Catholics... The Tablet
UK WOMEN BEAR EMOTIONAL BRUNT OF COVID-19 TURMOIL Women in the UK are bearing the emotional brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, experiencing greater anxiety about its impact than men... research by Ipsos Mori and the Fawcett Society found. Six out of ten women said they were finding it hard to stay positive day-today, compared with just under half of men. Half of women were very concerned about the risk the virus posed to the country, compared with a third of men. Women were also more likely to have their employment impacted, with a third saying their workplaces had been closed, compared with a quarter of men... Sam Smethers, Fawcett Society chief executive, said: ‘Women are bearing the brunt of the emotional and financial fallout. Government needs to take a gendered approach as we lift the lockdown and begin to turn our attention to how we emerge from this crisis. One thing is certain, an economy which leaves women and girls behind will fail to recover...’ Campaigners say women are more likely to be on the front line delivering essential services... and caring for children and older relatives... The survey was conducted online among 18 to 75-year-olds between February and May and weighted to reflect the population profile.
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