2021 IJRSE – Volume 10 Issue 1
Special IJRSE Luminary Issue
Available Online: 1 December 2020
Author/s:
Rosales, Renniel Jayson Jacinto*
Sta. Teresa College, Bauan, Batangas
De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines (rennieljaysonrosales@gmail.com)
Abstract:
Spirituality plays a big role in the life of many people. In this time of COVID-19 pandemic, with all the restrictions in social gatherings for health security purposes, physical attendance to the Eucharist celebration has been impeded. Thus, the spiritual nourishment of the people was left unaided. Despite the crisis the world is facing, the Catholic Church made use of different social media platforms to continue the faithfuls’ spiritual nourishment by live-streaming the Eucharistic celebration. This study aims to understand the spiritual well-being of the Catholic faithful of San Isidro Labrador Parish, Cuenca, Batangas, and how online Eucharistic celebrations help their spiritual well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM) of John Fisher, results have shown that there is no dissonance between the ideals and lived-experience/feelings of the participants, which may be attributed to the purposive and massive effect/help of the online Eucharistic celebrations provided by the Catholic Church.
Keywords: spirituality; COVID-19; online Eucharistic celebration; spiritual well-being; Catholic Church
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2020.5920
Cite this article:
Rosales, R. J. J. (2021). Online Eucharistic celebration and the spiritual well-being of the Catholic Faithful of San Isidro Labrador Parish, Cuenca, Batangas during COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Research Studies in Education, 10(1), 37-45. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrse.2020.5920
*Corresponding Author