CANDLER — St. Joan of Arc’s Quilting Ministry team organized its first Quilt Show and Sale Oct. 7-8 to raise funds and awareness for the growing ministry.
The Quilting Ministry team began in 2021 as a means of making and donating lap quilts to parishioners who were gravely ill or homebound. They have since expanded their efforts to include making child’s quilts for each infant and child baptized into the Church at the parish.
Before every meeting, the quilters pray that the Lord’s love and care will be made present in each stitch they sew and thread they knot. Each quilt is then blessed by Father Dean Cesa, pastor, before it is given as an expression of a loving and caring “hug” from the parish community.
Over the past two years, the group of as many as 15 quilters have completed approximately 70 quilts.
The show and sale, which included lap quilts, children’s quilts, table runners, Christmas stockings and other household items, raised approximately $4,100 for the ministry to buy fabric and thread for future quilts. Pictured is Ellie McCurdy in front of a quilt raffled off during the event.
— Katie Kalarovich
BELMONT — Father Brad Jones, parochial vicar at St. Ann Parish, led prayers for the poor souls in purgatory at Belmont Abbey Cemetery Nov. 5.
The event was organized by St. Ann Home School Ministry to enable the faithful to obtain plenary indulgences for the poor souls in purgatory, which the Church offers each day to those who visit a cemetery and pray for the deceased from Nov. 1-8.
Afterwards the ministry offered treats and “soul cakes” to attendees.
— Mike FitzGerald, correspondent