From Connecticut-For many, the practice of religion is centered around a sense of community. COVID-19 has ripped that away from mosques on Fridays, temples on Saturdays and Christian churches on Sundays, with services going online in some form for the time being.
But there’s another aspect to the practice of religion that has taken on a different form lately: pastoral care. These days, clergy either aren’t visiting their parishioners in their homes or at hospitals or are doing it on only an emergency basis.
“Part of why so many of us wanted to be ordained clergy is because we love the personal connections,” said the Rev. Tuesday Rupp, pastor of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Woodbury. “For me, I experience my faith and relationship to God largely in my relationships with other people. It is really, really difficult right now in a lot of ways.”
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https://www.rep-am.com/local/localnews/2020/04/06/in-addition-to-communal-worship-covid-19-takes-its-toll-on-pastoral-care/
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