Every now and then, when the children aren’t on screens and they don’t feel like reading or dodging the mosquitoes in the yard, they don’t know what to do. That’s when the magic happens.

Sister Corinne Gmuer, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and longtime educator in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Aug. 29.

This Labor Day carries a sobering significance. We are painfully aware of the sacrifices that “essential” workers have made, Archbishop Lori says.

Religious orders, institutions, parishes and schools are making creative adjustments to fundraisers in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Given the “somber” realities imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, for companies to put profits over safety is “unjust,” said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, in the U.S. bishops’ annual Labor Day statement.