Dearest Kim, I am so so sorry to hear this. There are no words for this awful tragedy...please just know of our loving and prayerful support, for you, and for all your family and for dear Matthew...

The news of Matthew's loss is heartbreaking. Please know that the entire CHA family is thinking of you, Brian and the entire family. And that there is boundless love and prayers being offered for all.

Please pray for niece Lauren - she is a nurse working on a COVID-19 floor in at UC Health in Aurora, Colorado.

We are surrounding you and your family with love and prayers in the heartbreaking loss of dear Matthew. You are very much in our hearts today and all the days ahead.

Our hears go out to Kim and Brian Hewitt over the tragic loss of their son, Matthew . May the whole Hewitt family feel the love and prayers of all of the CHA family.

Hi all. Please add to your prayer lists my cousin Sharon Buckley, -she's a nurse at a Veterans' nursing home in Long Island, they have several covid-19 patients, and my nephew Liam who is working at a Walgreen's. Thanks!

Please pray for the 82 year old grandmother of a very good college friend of my daughter, Madi. The grandmother is in a nursing home in Sikeston, MO, and has tested positive for COVID-19. The family is struggling with the reality of the news. Please pray for the strengthening of their faith.

A poem by Kathleen O’Meara (1839–1888)

And people stayed home
and read books and listened
and rested and exercised
and made art and played
and learned new ways of being
and stopped
and listened deeper
someone meditated
someone prayed
someone danced
someone met their shadow
and people began to think differently
and people healed
and in the absence of people who lived in ignorant ways,
dangerous, meaningless and heartless,
even the earth began to heal
and when the danger ended
and people found each other
grieved for the dead people
and they made new choices
and dreamed of new visions
and created new ways of life
and healed the earth completely
just as they were healed themselves.

Thank you for continued prayers for my sister in spirit, Annette, and my godson, Brandon, and for our friend Tom, all of whom are still working to recover.

Burn Brighter
Ignatius calls us to go forth and set the world on fire

We embrace this metaphor because we believe our purpose
is inextricably linked to helping others clarify and attain theirs

But how do we set our world on fire
in this age of sickness, uncertainty, and fear

how do we serve and lead when we are disconnected
from each other and the physical space that unifies our team

Who will show us how to press on

Lives perish while the flames of leaders around us
dance erratically in the blistering winds of change
their lights flicker to near extinction, their sparks barely visible,
struggle to light the way

We cannot wait for them to lead

Let us turn to our God and to the sacred light of the Holy Spirit
that burns in each of us

Let our spirits draw closer to each other in spite of the distance between us
and march boldly into tomorrow

Maybe it helps to imagine this time as a dousing of gasoline
tossed onto our already steady burning flames of purpose and love

Let this accelerant consume and quicken us for the greater good

Shine on my friends
May the bright flames of our spirits burning in unison
create a bonfire that sparks hope, ignites faith, Illuminates love and lights the way

In this uncertain age, a time when our brothers and sisters yearn for peace and light,
we are called and stand ready, to do more than we did before

To burn brighter

Ray Angle, Assistant Vice President, Career and Professional Development, Gonzaga University