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TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Holy Spirit Academy, the Catholic school serving students in pre-K through eighth grade in New Castle, will close at the end of the academic year, the Diocese of Pittsburgh said Thursday. The Rev. Joseph McCaffrey, pastor at Holy Spirit Parish, submitted his request to close the school to Bishop David Zubik due to ongoing concerns over declining enrollment, financial difficulties and rising tuition costs. Zubik granted the request. “In doing so, I also want to recognize the wonderful contributions of teachers and staff at Holy Spirit Academy who dedicated themselves to educating our children in the Catholic faith and of the many school families and parishioners who have worked diligently over the past number of years in support of the school,” Zubik said in a statement. ....
Jan 3, 2021 David Gettings receives Holy Communion from Father Joseph McCaffrey during an outdoor Mass on June 2 in front of the former Sears building in Union Township. The parking lot Masses were prompted by COVID-19 limitations on indoor gatherings, and have helped to build community in the 18-month-old Holy Spirit Parish, McCaffrey believes. FILE | NEWS The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, with its bans and limitations on in-person gatherings at schools, churches, restaurants and celebrations, served to keep people apart. In response, the Diocese of Pittsburgh strengthened its efforts to bring them together. âIâve observed how the pandemic has created a new hunger in the hearts of our people, a hunger that has been stirred by physical distancing, and in many cases, the inability to attend Mass in person,â Bishop David A. Zubik said in a statement to The News. âTo feed this new hunger our pastors have r ....
Necessity, the ancient proverb observes, is the mother of invention. Perhaps that has never been more true than during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. While the virus may be remembered foremost for the illnesses and deaths it caused â 4,245 of the former in the county and 126 of the latter â as well as for business closures and toilet paper shortages, it also has left a legacy of unprecedented work-arounds and new strategies. They were solutions that not only propped up crumbling normalcy, but also opened the doors to enhanced efficacy now and in the future. Indeed, when a second surge of cases occurred in the final months of the year, officials say they were much better prepared to respond than in March, when severe restrictions aimed at flattening the curve of infection were first imposed. ....