COVID-19 Resources for Faith Communities: Community Support
Community Support
What Churches Really Think About Opening Up
Pastors who ignore coronavirus restrictions grab headlines. But most are being very careful about worship during the pandemic.
The Buddhist Chaplains on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Four Buddhist chaplains, alumni and students of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, share the trials and lessons of their experience as essential workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sikh doctor chooses to shave ‘in this time of need’
The COVID-19 crisis has compelled people around the planet to grapple with all manner of moral dilemmas. For Montreal physician Sanjeet Singh-Saluja, it has forced him into the difficult position of having to reconcile his medical oath with his religious values.
Pastoring in a Time of Pandemic
Solihten Institute and Samaritan Counseling Center of Atlanta present a live interactive webinar “Pastoring in a Time of Pandemic,” a conversation about the intersection of faith and mental health in these unprecedented times.
Mental Health in a Time of COVID-19 Webinar Series: Part 3-Task-Shifting To Address Increasing Challenges
Health and Human Services Partnership Center for Faith and Community Initiatives presents Part 3 of Mental Health in a Time of COVID-19 webinar series, “Task-Shifting to Address Increasing Challenges,”
As churches consider reopening buildings and resuming in-person worship, what can pastors expect?
Churches are looking toward re-opening buildings and resuming in-person worship. What can pastors expect to encounter as they lead their churches in the weeks and months to come?
A Cry to God Together: Lament in the Midst of Covid-19
The Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing offers a series of webinars exploring the public cry out to God regarding the loss of lives and livelihood during this pandemic each followed by a period of Q & A.
What Interfaith Leadership Looks Like Online
Amanda Quraishi, Rabbi Joshua Stanton, and Dr. Simran Jeet Singh each shared their distinct, yet intersecting approaches to online Interfaith Leadership. Over the course of the Webinar the panelists covered essential elements of online interfaith leadership.
Odyssey Impact: Mass Incarceration, COVID-19, and Milwaukee 53206
Panelist explored mass incarceration during this pandemic and the critical role faith and secular communities play during this challenging time.
National Association of Catholic Chaplains Coronavirus Resources
The National Association of Catholic Chaplains coronavirus page offers resources (webinars, spiritual care rituals and services, COVID self-care, etc.) as well links to news stories being written about chaplaincy and spiritual care ministry.
Living Your Life in the Time of Corona Virus/ La Vida Durante la Pandemia del Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Los invitamos a usted y a su comunidad a participar en un seminario virtual en español. Los expertos de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos les darán a conocer las ultimas noticias del coronavirus (COVID-19).
It’s time to address the unprecedented grief surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic
Our understandings were designed to address a wide variety of experiences, but the kind of global grief we are experiencing — and our inability to physically gather together in its midst — is truly unprecedented.
I Conducted a Funeral Service All Alone: A Brooklyn rabbi on what it’s like to hold a burial service over Zoom
A member of Rabbi Rachel Timoner’s congregation had died at home of COVID-19, and because they were quarantined, his immediate family members — his wife and their two adult sons — were not able to travel to the cemetery.
French Muslims Face a Cruel Coronavirus Shortage: Burial Grounds
For many immigrant families, the pandemic has halted the tradition of repatriating bodies to their country of origin, and finding a plot in France has become ever more difficult.
Dial-a-Priest
Dial–a–Priest is available to health care professionals and families in hospitals and nursing homes around the country through a single number that connects callers to an Episcopal clergyperson for prayer, especially before intubations or surgeries, or last rites when needed – no matter a patient’s faith tradition or absence of faith tradition.
Association of Professional Chaplains: COVID-19 Resources
The Association of Professional Chaplains coronavirus page offers resources (healthcare, spiritual care services, self-care, etc.) curated by leaders in healthcare, safety and disease control that pertain to the COVID-19 pandemic.
15 Funerals a Day: The Pace of Death Stuns Brooklyn Muslims
Since the coronavirus took hold of New York in March, burial rituals in the city have become more complicated. Funeral homes everywhere are backed up and overwhelmed.
When Resources are Limited, What Would an Ethicist Do
Dr. Paul Root Wolpe and Kathy Kinlaw discuss the unique ethical challenges of triage, ventilator allocation, DNR orders, and other difficult decisions related to treatment of COVID-19, and how hospitals locally and across the nation are handling these challenges.
Webinar Series to Explore Faith, Ministry During COVID-19
Candler School of Theology will offer three webinars over as many weeks featuring dialogues among faculty and alumni exploring what it means to live their faith and practice ministry during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice
Wendland-Cook is a religion and justice program at Vanderbilt University that believes addressing the relationship between religion and matters of economic and ecological justice is foundational to the flourishing of all people and the planet.
Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff
Frontline healthcare staff are facing unprecedented stressors as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. The Toolkit for Emotional Coping for Healthcare Staff (TECHS) is a set of concrete tools healthcare staff can use during these challenging times.
In Difficult Times: Supporting the front lines
Webinar to describe innovative ways that chaplains can support front-line healthcare providers in disasters and challenging times.
How should Christian Leaders Respond to a Pandemic
This website offers a variety of resources for Christian leaders responding to the outbreak, including hygiene practices, healthy well-being, and theological reflection.
COVID-19 Guidance for Ramadan 1441/2020
Guidance document for mosques, Muslim community centers, and individuals to continue physical distancing measures during Ramadan, and provides clear action-based recommendations.
American Muslim Health Professionals: COVID-19 Resources
The American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP) brought together over 30 national Muslim led non-profits with expertise in the healthcare, social services, faith and fiqh, and policy to compile resources and address the unique needs of American Muslims across the country.
In Ohio, the Amish Take On the Coronavirus
A famously traditional community has mobilized to help hospitals with medical supplies, even as it struggles with reconciling its communal way of life with the dictates of social distancing.
G.R.A.C.E for nurses: Cultivating compassion in nurse/patient interactions
The practice of nursing is grounded in clinical competence, but it is also deeply embedded in the experience of relationship and the cultivation and expression of compassion.
Covid-19: Pope establishes emergency fund
Pope Francis establishes an emergency fund to aid those being “tragically impacted” by the Covid-19 virus.
A West Virginia church spends Easter making masks, other PPE using 3-D printers
The church is trying to help a local hospital in an economically depressed area of West Virginia that has struggled with the opioid epidemic.
“This Has Made My Job Hell”
A chaplain at an NYC hospital explains what COVID-19 has changed, and how she holds onto her faith.
Spiritual Practices for Spiritual Leaders During COVID-19
Faith leaders joined in a Zoom meetup during which they explored spiritual practices and patterns of action and reflection that they can adopt.
Spiritual Care Resources for Religious Holidays during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab developed a resource guide with ideas for celebrating the holy days of Easter, Passover and Ramadan even when coming together in person isn’t possible.
Coronavirus: What Mesothelioma Cancer Patients Should Know
The Mesothelioma Center provide information and resources for mesothelioma cancer patients regarding coronavirus.
How to host a Passover seder on Zoom
In consultation with multiple Jewish leaders, Mashable developed a guide on how to host Passover seder on zoom.
Hillel professionals offer virtual one-on-one support, pastoral care for students during coronavirus crisis
Hillel professionals are regularly engaging in one-on-one conversations with students, offering pastoral care for mourners, spiritual guidance and mental health advice via messaging apps and Zoom calls during the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus keeping you away from church? Here’s how you can watch an Easter or Passover service this weekend
Churches and synagogues across Australia are offering their services online and many are live streaming. The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) News has compiled a list of the major services around the country for Easter and Passover.
Telechaplaincy
A team of chaplains and researchers discuss practical tips for implementing telechaplaincy, as well as what growing research says about this significant method of spiritual care.
In life’s last moments, U.S. clergy minister to the sick and dying via FaceTime and Zoom
As hospitals strive to prevent the spread of infections, clergy are sometimes unable to be at a patient’s bedside to administer last rites.
Hospital Chaplains Bring Hope and Solace to COVID-19 Patients and Staff
Mike Yonkers, a chaplain at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle discusses counseling patients with COVID-19, their families and hospital staff.
Church grants special indulgence to coronavirus patients and caregivers
The Apostolic Penitentiary issues a Decree granting special plenary indulgences for those suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, if specific conditions are met.
‘It’s Like a Lifeline.’ How Religious Leaders Are Helping People Stay Connected in a Time of Isolation
Services and informal groups are moving online, while others are organizing help for elderly congregants
Guidance for Faith Communities & Places of Worship
Guidance document developed by World Vision for faith leaders to prevent the spread of coronavirus and to prevent misinformation about the virus in their communities.
Considering Faith, Community, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Crisis
A list of resources for faith- and community based leaders to address the mental health needs of people experiencing fear and anxiety associated with COVID-19
With churches closing, US priest offers drive thru confessions
Father Scott Holmer sits on a chair in the parking lot of St. Edward Church in Bowie, Md., and parishioners confess from the front seat of their cars.
The Men and Women Who Run Toward the Dying
A profile of New York City chaplains praying for coronavirus patients.
Passover 2020
SAJ: Judaism that Stands for All, an organization based in New York City developed a video series to help congregants celebrate Passover Seder at home.
Life and Dignity, Justice and Solidarity: Moral Principles for Responding to the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
This online dialogue examined how faith and the principles of Catholic social thought can contribute to national and global debates and decision-making and guide our individual and community choices on these important economic questions.
Distance Funerals, Complicated Grief: Gathering to grieve during COVID19
A panel of experts from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds discusses what funerals and grief might look like during COVID-19
Coronavirus and Ramadan: How the Muslim month of fasting will differ this year
With the spread of COVID-19 impacting millions of people worldwide, the holy month of Ramadan, which is scheduled to begin on or around Thursday 23 April, may look very different this year.
Chaplains support NHS coronavirus medics giving end-of-life care
Hospital chaplains are increasingly supporting NHS medics who are giving emotional and spiritual care to people at the end of their lives in the absence of loved ones and faith representatives.