Spiritual Resources For These Trying Times
Various organizations are making available spiritual resources during these days of social distancing and following the shelter-in-place rule. Here are some that you may want to avail yourselves:
Sunday and Daily Mass at Newman - Follow this YouTube link to a series of past Masses celebrated at Newman Hall-Holy Spirit Parish. You can also watch other Paulist Masses around the US and Rome.
Paulist Fathers YouTube Channel - A bundle of videos from streaming Masses to Paulist presentations to Paulist Seminarians’ HOMEBOUND video series.
Pope Francis’ Prayer Services - Pope Francis throughout this time has been encouraging Catholics and Christians to join him in prayer in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Busted Halo’s Keeping the Faith During the Time of Coronavirus - Resources to help during these trying times. Also check out Busted Halo’s other resources. Busted Halo is a ministry of the Paulist Fathers to provide a more joyful and meaningful experience of Catholicism.
Oakland Cathedral - The Oakland Cathedral will remain open for private prayer and reflection under a modified schedule: 7AM to 8PM daily, EXCEPT during Masses. They will have confessions at the cathedral on Sunday: 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM and Tue & Thu: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Also they will be live streaming their 10am Sunday Mass through the Cathedral Facebook Page.
The Catholic Voice - The Oakland Diocesan newspaper.
RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN - Click on this link for a list of resources for families with children to help you continue your children’s faith education during this “Shelter-in-Place” period.
OTHER ADULT RESOURCES - Click on this link for other resources to nourish you spiritually during this time.
Other Resources
Voices of the Community - See what our parishioners are doing during this shelter-in-place period.
Marriage Encounter ZOOM Sessions (Aug 1-26) - Enrich your marriage with 8 Marriage Encounter ZOOM Sessions. It consists fo 4 Saturday afternoon and 4 Wednesday evening sessions. Go too oaklandwwme.org or call 650-521-4368 for more info.
California Catholic Conference’s Station of the Cross - to draw attention to the sin of racism and ask God’s help in eliminating it. The 6th station was filmed at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland where Oscar Grant was killed. Click here for a PDF of the service.
Papal Prayers and Talks on the Pandemic - Our Pope cares and is actively praying for the world.
SF Archdiocese Mental Health Ministry - If you’re feeling unduly burdened by this pandemic, please check out these resources
Fun Resources for These Trying Times
Don’t forget to take advantage of this time to have fun and grow in new and different ways. In our workaholic society, we rarely get a chance to explore and have fun.
Theater and Music Fans
PBS - PBS’s Great Performances has some great plays and musicals like the Sound of Music, Kinky Boots, She Loves Me
England’s National Theater - They were presenting full length plays on YouTube every Thursday..
The Show Must Go On - They used to release a full-length, smash-hit Andrew Lloyd Musical once a week for you to watch for free! It was available for 48 hours, so you could tune in whenever you like over the weekend!
Lincoln Center Theater - They periodically stream one of their shows for a week.
Nightly Met Opera Streams - Each day, the Metropolitan Opera is providing a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series for free. Each performance is available for a period of 23 hours, from 7:30pm EDT until 6:30pm the following day.
Classical Music Lovers - There are several livestreams of classical concerts, many of them free - New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, and Sydney Opera House.
Knowledge Fans
TED Talks - Short power talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design.
PBS - Besides drama, PBS provide science and historical documentaries.
MIT Open CourseWare - Miss taking classes, then check MIT’s Open Courses.
YouTube - Just google something you want to learn how to do and no doubt someone has put a YouTube video on it.