Continuing the Connection

During these trying times, we need a sense of connection more than ever—connection with each other and
connection with God in prayer. So I wanted to take a moment to let you know that Loyola Press cares, and that
our team members stand ready to assist you in your quest for remaining calm and strong and maintaining
loving, faith-filled relationships with others and with our God.
We are a ministry. We provide exemplary resources for religious education and facilitate transformative
experiences of God for children and adults alike, so it is important that we continue our mission without
interruption. Because the health and safety of our team are paramount, we proactively moved to a remote work
environment the second week of March.
Loyola Press is fully operational. We are in constant communication with our printers and fulfillment/shipping
center, and today they remain up-and-running. If printing or shipping is halted, we’re happy to report that
Loyola Press has myriad digital and online resources that you can use to find peace and calm, to continue
nurturing your faith and prayer life, and to educate children within your care. Here are a few ideas:
• Covid-19 Video-based Lesson: Access this lesson to help children know how to care for themselves and
others to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Just click on the video screen in the Lesson Plan to play a
video that provides a gentle and lighthearted reminder of the hygiene practices that help us stay healthy.
• Stay Connected with Loyola Press and with Catholics around the Country: Follow and reach out to us on
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. We want to hear from you and be in relationship with you. Also, if you
are a catechist or a parent who’s just become an at-home catechist, please join our Facebook group where
you will have a place to talk and share ideas.
• Prayer: Praying helps us find solace during stressful times. Loyola Press offers a number of free prayer
resources on our website in both English and Spanish. You can find these resources here.
• Religious Education: If you use our Finding God or Christ Our Life curricula, contact your educational
consultant to receive free digital subscriptions for your textbook series.
• At-Home Activities: Click here for family at-home activities and downloadables.
I close this letter with a prayer for you written by our own Father Bohr, SJ, Loyola Press’s Director of Mission
and Identity:
Dear God, you made us creative and clever. Please, bless us, everyone in our world, with all the wit and grace
and smarts to meet this pandemic and contain it. Help us to be the full, capable, generous human beings you
made us to be. As always, we ask in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.
Sincerely,

Joellyn Cicciarelli
President/Publisher

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