CHARLOTTE — Continuing what has become an annual tradition, the Charlotte Latin Mass Community marked the feast of St. Peter Martyr (also called St. Peter of Verona) by distributing St. Peter palms to parishioners at St. Ann Parish May 5.
St. Peter Martyr, a Dominican friar, was a contemporary of St. Dominic, who preached against the Manichean heresy in Italy during the 13th century. Pope Gregory XI appointed him as an inquisitor in 1251 and he was martyred the next year.
The palms, blessed by St. Ann’s pastor Father Timothy Reid on St. Peter’s feast day of April 29, are an ancient tradition found only in the Extraordinary Form and tradition holds that the palms can protect property against natural disaster when buried in four corners of a property.
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— Mike FitzGerald, correspondent
WAYNESVILLE — St. John the Evangelist Parish will offer Leadership Day Camps for middle school youth this June.
Father Richard Sutter (Ironman triathlete, former Atlanta Braves chaplain, former U.S. Army Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer, and member of the Belmont Abbey College Sport Virtue Initiative) will serve as day camp director for the inaugural Middle School Youth Summer Leadership Training Program.
The five-day camps will be held June 10-14 for boys and June 17-21 for girls.
The camps will run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day and will focus on the four cardinal virtues: prudence, temperance, fortitude and justice. For more information email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Registration details are online at www.stjohnrcc.com
— St. John the Evangelist Church