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Fr. Javier Julio, associate pastor at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Shrewsbury, Mass., blesses face masks made by a parish ministry of 30 people March 28, 2020. The Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference said one in five Catholic entities that applied received funds under a $349 billion federal small business loan program designed to keep people employed for up to eight weeks in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS/courtesy Kelly Paulina, St. Mary's Catholic Church)