During a Mass on Jan. 31, 2025 at St. Mary’s Church in Rockville, Sophie Durandal, a fifth grader at St. Mary’s School, ...

The only education Bernadette received was the Catholic teachings which she studied faithfully in the evenings. At the age of 13, Bernadette was preparing for her First Holy Communion. One of ...

First Congregational Church of Sunderland, 91 S. Main St., Serendipity Shop is open on Saturdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with items for sale at bargain prices. Weekly Sunday church service is ...

First, is there actually a growing trend of ... I’ve received young people from Catholic, mainline Protestant and evangelical backgrounds. Many have also come from non-Christian traditions ...

and then the first line (accompanied by the organ). The rest of the congregation then joins in. As soon as the congregation begins singing, the servers carrying candles leave the sanctuary and ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

By Mollee Francisco  These are two birthday cakes you don’t want to stand too close to when all the candles are lit. Two of the town’s oldest organized churches celebrate 150 years in ...

It’s apparition time: 5:40 p.m. In a small Roman Catholic ... candles. “We see the relationship of Mary with us isn’t just any relationship—it’s sacred.” During the first millennium ...

Snow!” was my first thought, when I looked out the window that morning. Soon children were using makeshift sleds to scoot ...

As worshippers entered the narthex prior to Mass, each was handed a lighted candle and carried it to their pew with them. This marked the first time ... doctrine of the Communion of Saints ...