Special indulgences have also been granted to those suffering from COVID-19, their caregivers, friends and family and those who help them with their prayers.
Blessings in a Backpack, which provides weekend food supplies for needy students, is moving to the Rancho Cordova Food Locker for distributions while schools are out of session.
The decision to suspend public celebrations of the Mass, along with the other necessary public health precautions, does not suspend the evangelical urgency of repentance and renewal during this Lenten Season.