COVID-19 Resources

Mass

• Accessible online at 10:30 am on Sundays or on TV on Channel 50 for people with no cable, Dish or DIRECTV; on Channel 23 for Comcast subscribers; on Channel 15 for RCN subscribers; and on Channel 3 for Verizon subscribers.
• Daily Mass available through the Daily Mass with the Word on Fire module on the homepage of our web site.

Spiritual Communion and Prayer

• How to make a spiritual communion.
• Liturgy of the Hours from Liturgy Training Publications.
• Give Us This Day – resources for individuals and for families to pray together. 
• Word Among Us – daily prayers and resources for individuals and families.
• Home prayer service
• Living Lent during times of social distancing

Food

• Free meals from 11:00 am-1:00 pm Monday through Friday to anyone under the age of 18, provided by Montgomery County Public Schools, through April 3.
• Brown bag lunches to be distributed from 3:30-4:30 pm from the rear entrance of the Epworth United Methodist in Gaithersburg from March 17-31. This is part of the Soup Kitchen Ministry, which primarily serves the underprivileged.
• Frozen meal packs (seven meals) available to seniors 55 and over, provided by the Montgomery County Recreation's Senior Center Program. 

Health Insurance

• Special one-month enrollment period through the Maryland Health Connection, for Maryland residents who are uninsured.

Mental Health Services

• Montgomery County hotline providing mental health services to anyone in need. See the link or call (301) 738-2255.
• Senior Calls, which enable a volunteer to check on Maryland seniors once a day to see see if he or she has any needs. Register on the Maryland Department of Aging web site.

Resources for Families

• Stuck at Home Survival Guide compiled by WETA and PBS stations.
• “Life under Lockdown: Eight Ways to Handle Staying at Home,” article in U.S. Catholic.

Additional Resources on the Coronavirus

• Archdiocesan resources
• Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

O Mary,
you always shine on our path
as a sign of salvation and of hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick,
who at the cross took part in Jesus’ pain, keeping your faith firm.
You, Salvation of the Roman People,
know what we need,
and we are sure you will provide
so that, as in Cana of Galilee,
we may return to joy and to feasting
after this time of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love,
to conform to the will of the Father
and to do as we are told by Jesus,
who has taken upon himself our sufferings
and carried our sorrows
to lead us, through the cross,
to the joy of the resurrection. Amen.

Under your protection, we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God. Do not disdain the entreaties of we who are in trial, but deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.


Pope Francis recites the rosary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome in this 2018 file photo. On March 11, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, he entrusted the world to Mary. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)