GREENSBORO — Our Lady of Grace Parish held a drive-through food collection May 16 to benefit Greensboro’s Urban Ministries and three parish families who requested assistance.
The gorgeous day started with a blessing from Father Paul Buchanan, pastor, and volunteers arrived throughout the day for shifts to collect and sort the donations. The effort yielded 2,004 pounds of food and $510 in contributions for Greensboro Urban Ministries.
— Photo provided by Martha Stepnowski
STATESVILLE — Many parishioners at St. Philip the Apostle Church volunteered to spend a recent Saturday morning sanitizing their church, after it was announced that the churches could reopen. The volunteers cleaned the pews, doors, tables, bathroom fixtures, prayer books and other high-touch surfaces in anticipation of returning to in-person worship services.
The parish’s regular Mass schedule has since resumed, but as at other parishes across the Diocese of Charlotte, services are being organized to ensure safe physical distancing and other public health directives to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Parishioners who are ill or vulnerable are encouraged to stay at home and attend Mass online through livestreamed services.
— Photo provided by Connie Ries