March 11, 2020
As a Catholic faith community, in times of uncertainty our first response is to pray for guidance and grace to meet the challenges of the day. We are called today to meet a challenge with which we have no significant past experience. In creating policies and procedures related to the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), we join people from around the world who are working through the same things. While there is much we do not know, we are people of action so our focus will be on what steps we can take, based on what we do know, to protect all that we love. Working together in our communities, schools, and homes, as we always do, will sustain us through any level of challenge.
The health, safety and well-being of our students, staff and families is a top priority at our schools. The situation is filled with ever-changing information, and we are committed to providing regular communications, with prompt updates, regarding important health-related information to our families.
We will be taking guidance from the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), PA Department of Health, and the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Below are best practices in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Please read and act with a sense of urgency but not fear.
Preventative Hygiene
For additional information concerning coronavirus, please see the CDC, PA Department of Health and the ACHD guidelines.
Please know that our actions are to protect our communities from the spread of COVID-19, so as more information surfaces, our recommendations will evolve to best serve our families.
Please contact me if you have any questions. Our prayers go out to all those around the world and here at home confronted by this virus.
God bless you,
Michelle Peduto
Director of Catholic Schools
Diocese of Pittsburgh
mpeduto@diopitt.org