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Priests designated essential workers in ministry to the dying

05/13/2020 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Priests, in adherence to their duty to deliver sacraments to the dying, have been designated essential workers in Hawaii during this time of the coronavirus. This means they are permitted to hear the confessions of patients, to anoint them and to give them holy Communion, under the restrictions of […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Clergy, coronavirus, COVID-19, hospital ministry, Local News, Ministry

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