Antoinette Pacini prays during Sunday mass at the Galvez Hotel, which was headed by a priest from Sacred Heart Cathedral Galveston. Photo by Mayra Beltran, Houston Chronicle. Galveston was hit hard by Hurricane Ike, and some of the most severely damaged public places were houses of worship. But it takes more than wind and water…

Just in time for the start of the school year, a study reports that kids who attend church regularly get higher grades: In the nearly 24 years Carolyn Knight has been director of children’s ministries at the United Methodist Church in Mitchell, she has seen the number of children participating in youth groups and summer…

From Los Angeles comes this story of an ingenius new tool for teaching children about scripture: a talking bible. Really. From The Tidings: Three years ago, St. Paul the Apostle parishioner Pamela Fischer woke up one morning in Los Angeles with a new vocation. The 48-year-old wife and mother of two St. Monica High School…

One Michigan diocese is struggling with some familiar problems — less money, fewer priests, crumbling churches — and is taking steps to address those issues. First up: eliminating at least one mass at every parish. Here’s more, from the Jackson Citizen-Patriot: Bishop Earl Boyea said changes to parish life may be painful, “but on the…

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