Following a recent online campaign, St. Bernard Prep (SBP) exceeded its goal of $25,000.

The St. John Paul II Catholic High School Board of Trustees announced Sister Tonette Sperando, O.S.B., as president.

St. Bernard students honored their favorite veterans during a Veteran’s Day Ceremony in the Abbey Church.

Sister Mary Vernon passed away on Nov. 16, four days shy of her eightieth birthday.

St. Bernard students hosted ministers from their home churches to take part in the school’s Thanksgiving Service.

The 5th Annual Bernard Blues and BBQ could have stood better weather, as brutally cold wind and rain on Saturday forced people to stay inside.

Honoring America’s military on Veterans Day is always important for the students and their families at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School (OLS).

Holy Spirit Regional Catholic School in Huntsville and the Knights of Columbus Assembly #0004 were proud to offer the annual patriotic program to “Salute Our Veterans.”

As part of the first diocesan phase of Synod, Bishop Raica conducted four regional evenings of prayer.

Pumpkin Day was a big day for the 1st-grade students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School.

Fernando Cardinal Filoni, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre recently announced the appointment of Joseph A. Marino as Lieutenant of the Southeastern Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

The month of October held many significant events for the students at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School in Homewood, particularly with an emphasis on the Holy Rosary and on religious vocations.

The fourth annual St. John Paul II Feast was celebrated on Friday, Oct. 22, at St. James Catholic Church in Gadsden.

On Oct. 28, St. Jude Catholic Church in Scottsboro celebrated the 50th anniversary of its dedication with Mass and the consecration of a new altar, which was made by Gene Hess of Dutton.

The fourth graders at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School dressed in saintly attire as they celebrated All Saints Day with a special school-wide liturgy on Nov. 1.

On Saturday, Nov. 6, Zone 4 of the Gulf Coast District of the Knights of Peter Claver, Inc. hosted a beautiful Mass of Remembrance for Deceased Knights and Ladies and Founders Day Celebration at Holy Family Catholic Church in Ensley.

St. John Paul II Catholic High School held its 25th Anniversary Family Festival, kicking off its 25th Anniversary Year for Silver Celebration.

Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) of Birmingham had their leadership discernment retreat on Oct. 23.

In October, Father Wyman Vintson, Vicar for Vocations, led a group of men from the Diocese of Birmingham to the Pontifical College Josephinum for a Come and See Seminary Live-In Weekend.

Parish music directors and musicians gathered for the 2021 Diocesan Sacred Music Convocation.

On Saturday, Oct.17, at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, over 800 young people and parish leaders from 28 parishes around the Diocese of Birmingham gathered to encounter our Lord more deeply in the Eucharist and to encounter one another.

The friars and sisters of the Fraternity of Poor of Jesus Christ were marking the community’s 20th anniversary.

28 years ago Father Patrick Cullen hired Rose Marie Rouss to be the Cathedral rectory cook.

Bishop Raica opened the diocesan phase of Synod 2021-2023, “For a Synodal Church."

Sister Margaret Mary “Meg” Majewski, O.P., died Sept. 29, 2021, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.