St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Florence is hosting a raffle fundraiser to support their 12 pilgrims attending the 2023 World Youth Day in Portugal.

The first fundraising banquet was held at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in Birmingham.

Knights of Columbus Council 5597 from Leeds was recently named Non-profit organization of the year by the Leeds Chamber of Commerce.

On Dec. 1, Bishop Raica traveled to Talladega to visit the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind.

The winners of the 2023 Sister Rita Washington Stewardship Award

Ascension St. Vincent's Blount was honored to host Bishop Raica on Nov. 30.

The JCCHS choir was excited to have the members of the St. Francis Xavier School (SFX) choir be a part of the annual Christmas concert at JCCHS.

More than 100 Our Lady of Sorrows parishioners volunteered to give warm pajamas to women being served by First Light Shelter in Birmingham.

Five seminarians from the Diocese of Birmingham were among those installed as lectors or acolytes at the Pontifical College Josephinum on Dec. 8.

St. Joseph Parish celebrated confirmation on Thursday, Nov. 10.

Members of the St. Joseph Cupertino Fraternity shared their joy with Ronald Erwin after his Rite of Admission.

The first ever Christ the King Music Festival, or CTK Fest, was held on Saturday, Nov. 19, at John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham.

John Carroll alum Richard Cashio ('75) recently hosted members of the 1973 state championship football team for a reunion.

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Our Lady of Sorrows’ Knights of Columbus members were able to cook breakfast at a blood drive.

Students at St. Bernard Prep gathered in the Abbey Church to give thanks to God.

Members of the John Carroll Catholic High School baseball team recently spent time packing diapers for Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank.

Sixteen of John Carroll Catholic High School’s thespians recently competed in 24 events at the State Trumbauer Theatre Festival at Troy University.

Kelly Riordan Horwitz made her solemn profession into the Secular Franciscan Order at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Bessemer.

After a busy 2022, the 2023 reservation book for Camp Tekakwitha is now open.

John Carroll Catholic High School senior Stanley Stoutamire has been selected as a semi-finalist for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Award.

One-hundred and twenty students from John Carroll Catholic High School attended the 2022 Metanoia Retreat at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana on Dec. 2-4.

Diocese of Birmingham November Events Calendar 2022

A Founders Day celebration on Saturday, Nov. 12, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Huntsville.

JCCHS students Mia Mugavero and Stanley Stoutamire were announced as 2023 Scholarship winners.

Thanksgiving generosity was the objective as several dozen grocery bags were placed at the sanctuary of OLS.