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"I don't think that it has really affected it that much..."
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Title (Dublin Core)
"I don't think that it has really affected it that much..."
Religion 101 Oral History #45, 2020/04
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Description (Dublin Core)
"I don't think that it has really affected it that much um other than a positive way. I mean it always uh ur it made me feel strong in my faith and to uh trust that you know my higher power has a plan and that we will be able to get through this um through the practice of my beliefs."
Recording Date (Dublin Core)
April 2020
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Tom Beazley
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
REL101
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Oral History
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Religion
English
Community & Community Organizations
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Catholic
relief
faith
plan
prayer service
private
barrier
funding
Collection (Dublin Core)
Religion
Curatorial Notes (Dublin Core)
Verbal Permission Omitted in Public File but Original File Kept Private. 07/12/2020. Tom Beazley.
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/13/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/12/2020
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Format (Dublin Core)
audio
Language (Dublin Core)
English
Duration (Omeka Classic)
0h:02m:22s
abstract (Bibliographic Ontology)
Katie Penunuri talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her beliefs. She also talks about what changes her religious community has made to participation and what community services activities they engaged in to help those affected by the pandemic.
Transcription (Omeka Classic)
Anonymous 0:00
I'm speaking with Katie Penunuri who is involved with the Catholic Church. For the first question: how has COVID-19 affected your faith or beliefs?
Katie Penunuri 0:12
I don't think that it has really affected it that much other than a positive way. I mean, it always, it made me feel strong in my faith and to trust that, you know, my higher power has a plan and that we will be able to get through this through the practice of my beliefs.
Anonymous 0:36
Okay, yeah. A lot of people feel strongly about that as well. For the next question it’s: is your religious community still gathering currently?
Katie Penunuri 0:49
Well, not really. I mean, you don't have remote Mass. I wasn't able to celebrate Easter with my family. And my church though it is, it is still open for private prayer.
Anonymous 1:03
And how has the COVID-19 affected your participation in your religious community?
Katie Penunuri 1:09
I mean, I still practice and I, and I still do believe in my community. So, yeah, I like I still intend to be a part of it and do everything that I do. It's just harder now with this in the way as a barrier.
Anonymous 1:28
Okay. Thank you. For the third question: is your religious community supplying or engaged in any kind of community service in an attempt to help alleviate issues caused by the pandemic? If so, what are the efforts?
Katie Penunuri 1:44
Um, yeah, my specific community has a relief fund for COVID-19 and it goes towards a lot of different things like food and diapers and different personal, like, care supplies. There's rental assistance funds. So there is a lot and these kind of all go towards places like domestic violence shelters, working with child welfare, and childcare and after school programs.
Anonymous 2:13
Okay, thank you so much for answering these questions and for participating in this interview.
Katie Penunuri 2:20
Thank you.
I'm speaking with Katie Penunuri who is involved with the Catholic Church. For the first question: how has COVID-19 affected your faith or beliefs?
Katie Penunuri 0:12
I don't think that it has really affected it that much other than a positive way. I mean, it always, it made me feel strong in my faith and to trust that, you know, my higher power has a plan and that we will be able to get through this through the practice of my beliefs.
Anonymous 0:36
Okay, yeah. A lot of people feel strongly about that as well. For the next question it’s: is your religious community still gathering currently?
Katie Penunuri 0:49
Well, not really. I mean, you don't have remote Mass. I wasn't able to celebrate Easter with my family. And my church though it is, it is still open for private prayer.
Anonymous 1:03
And how has the COVID-19 affected your participation in your religious community?
Katie Penunuri 1:09
I mean, I still practice and I, and I still do believe in my community. So, yeah, I like I still intend to be a part of it and do everything that I do. It's just harder now with this in the way as a barrier.
Anonymous 1:28
Okay. Thank you. For the third question: is your religious community supplying or engaged in any kind of community service in an attempt to help alleviate issues caused by the pandemic? If so, what are the efforts?
Katie Penunuri 1:44
Um, yeah, my specific community has a relief fund for COVID-19 and it goes towards a lot of different things like food and diapers and different personal, like, care supplies. There's rental assistance funds. So there is a lot and these kind of all go towards places like domestic violence shelters, working with child welfare, and childcare and after school programs.
Anonymous 2:13
Okay, thank you so much for answering these questions and for participating in this interview.
Katie Penunuri 2:20
Thank you.
Accrual Method (Dublin Core)
4109