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Diocesan churches continue to safely welcome more faithful back to Mass and into mission. A Catholic Youth Ministries Project and Alpha Youth help youth ministers to help diocesan youth share the Faith within their parish and beyond, despite the pandemic. The New Freeman revisits its 1918 coverage of the Spanish influenza.

Pastors continue to guide parishes to re-opening access to the Sacraments. Juno-winning Steve Bell joins diocesan youth in Saints in Training. Altar murals restored for the 200th anniversary of St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Halifax.

Diocesan parishes and faithful adapting to pandemic protocols, as the Steubenville conference for youth and young adults adapts by going online this summer.

Clergy assignments for the Diocese of Saint John have been announced for August 1, 2020.

Diocesan Rosary and Alpha offering comfort and community through the pandemic, as Pope Francis adds invocations of mercy and hope to the Litany of Loreto. Beatification of Italian teen who communicated his Eucharistic devotion by developing an online database of Eucharistic miracles.

The Diocese of Saint John is holding Solemn Vespers and Funeral Rites for Father Raymund Stack, who died on June 6, 2020. A public Memorial Mass will be celebrated at a later time, when gatherings are less restricted.

40 hours in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Mark's Parish, and an online Tribute to Beauty fundraiser for Divine Mercy Catholic School.

Bishop Riesbeck gathers the faithful back into the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Trinity Sunday, and gathers diocesan youth around a virtual campfire to enkindle their souls with the Holy Spirit. The Catholic Women's League celebrates their centennial. L'Arche celebrates 15 years in Saint John.

Churches re-opening, beatification proceeding for Knights of Columbus founder Father McGivney, and a Bronx priest encouraging all New Brunswick youth to be saints.

As we gather again for Mass in our parishes, our churches will not only look different, they will be different.

Alors que nous nous réunissons une fois de plus pour la Messe dans nos paroisses, nos églises ne présenteront non seulement une apparence différente, mais elles le seront véritablement.