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Catholic News Herald

Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina

CHARLOTTE — A Lenten Day of Reflection, “An Upper Room Experience,” will be offered Saturday, March 3, at St. Patrick Cathedral, directed by Father Richard Sutter, parochial vicar.

The program will run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will include Mass and Eucharistic Adoration. Everyone aged 16 and older is welcome to attend.

Come discover the three keys to unlock your Upper Room experience with Jesus this Lent: the Living Word, the Eucharist and the Cross.

Register online at www.stpatricks.org.

020518 Deacon Andy CiloneFOREST CITY — Immaculate Conception Church in Forest City observed the devotion of the Blessing of the Throats Feb. 3, the feast of St. Blaise.

Deacon Andy Cilone administered the Blessing of the Throats with candles he had acquired at the Church of St. Blaise in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
St. Blaise is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik.

— Photo by Giuliana Polinari Riley, Catholic News Herald