James Watts shows off the clothes and shoes collected for donation to the men’s work release center.

Parishioners of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fairfield donated socks to the Franciscan Friars of the Poor for distribution to homeless in the Birmingham area.

The retreat “Healing the Unconscious Through the Great Parables of Jesus” will be offered.

The Hispanic community at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bessemer reenacted the Way of the Cross on Good Friday.

Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Huntsville hosted the local Polish Club for the annual Święconka, or Easter basket blessing on Holy Saturday.

Ruby Thornton, was honored as a 2022 Bryant-Jordan Scholar-Athlete at the 35th Annual Bryant-Jordan Awards Banquet and Ceremony.

Under the direction of Jim Mathis, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church’s youth groups put together snack bags for the homeless.

Members of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church’s Young at Hearts group gather monthly to say the Rosary.

Salvatorian Fathers met with Bishop Steven J. Raica as part of their canonical visitation of the USA Province.

JPII inducted 54 students into the Dr. Georg von Tiesenhausen Chapter of the National Honor Society.

Members of the Knights of Columbus Council 4304 prepared and hosted the final fish fry of Lent for more than 100 parishioners.

Father Vernon Huguley attended the installation of Archbishop Shelton Joseph Fabre as the fifth archbishop of Louisville on March 30.

JPII wraps up its 25th anniversary year with a school-wide Mass.

The Hispanic Youth Group from Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Huntsville hosted their first retreat at the Maranatha Conference Center.

Leslie Bentley leads the OLS team delivering and serving home cooked meals to guests at First Light Shelter in Birmingham.

Our Lady of the Valley School took first place at the 2022 Alabama State National Science Olympiad.

Mother Galindo has been entrusted the official, pilgrimage relic of St. John Paul II's liquified blood.

Springfest at St. Patrick Catholic Church is on May 1 from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Over 300 men from around the diocese gathered at the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville to participate in a Men's Retreat.

Dr. James Sedlis, from the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center (BHEC), was the featured speaker at a recent student-body assembly.

Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church in Decatur celebrates a Rogation Procession every evening, starting on the Solemnity of St. Joseph.

Father Joel Martin announced the appointment of Jim Miller as Chief Executive Officer of St. Bernard.

St. Ann School will host the 33rd Annual Seafood Fiesta to be held on the campus of Annunciation of the Lord Catholic Church on Spring Ave. in Decatur.

Diocese of Birmingham March Events Calendar 2022

Parishioners and guests at Our Lady of Sorrows Church (OLS) marked March as Red Cross Month by turning out for a community blood drive on March 20.