Page 8 - Catholic Extension Magazine Summer2020

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News Briefs

HIGHLIGHTS

Online Masses
While churches
nationwide are now
offering livestreaming
or recorded Masses
weekly, Catholic
Extension is also
providing this service
on our website and
Facebook page.
On March 15, our
livestreamed Mass was
viewed by 7,000 people.
Every Sunday we
feature online Masses
in English and Spanish,
from an Extension Ordination Masses adapt to pandemic
Diocese. Please visit
catholicextension. Across the country, COVID-19 has dramatically changed ordi-
org/onlinemass or nation ceremonies for seminarians who are set to graduate and
catholicextension.
org/misaenlínea. become priests in 2020.
In the dioceses supported by Catholic Extension, about 100
Website Updates
Catholic Extension’s ordinations are taking place in a variety of ways—some are
newly designed
website brings to life being postponed and others will be livestreamed to comply
the inspiring stories with social distancing requirements. This is a difficult reality for
of the Catholic faith
communities supported seminarians who have studied for years and looked forward to
by our donors. Visit their ordination as a culmination of their education.
catholicextension.org
to take a look! In the Diocese of Yakima, Washington, Father Edgar Quiroga

Ceballos (above right, with Bishop Joseph Tyson) was ordained
on May 22 in a livestreamed ceremony at St. Paul Cathedral with

only a handful of guests. He later gave blessings to visitors at
Holy Family Parish as they greeted him in their cars.

Catholic Extension supports 450 seminarians annually.