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.

Students of Holy Spirit High School in Tuscaloosa held their annual “Honk 4 Life” on Oct. 15 for “Respect for Life” month.

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.

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

Our Lady of Sorrows’ (OLS) parishioners are helping the Catholic Center of Concern by filling several hundred brown paper grocery bags with donated groceries.

The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton-Gardendale/St. Henry-Warrior Middle and High School Youth Groups prepared care packages for our diocesan seminarians at a recent gathering.

A team of Our Lady of Sorrows (OLS) volunteers spent Halloween morning adding treats to lunches they prepared for the food insecure.

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

OLS families with young children and other parishioners turned out for the first parish-wide Fall Festival organized and hosted by the OLS Youth Ministry.

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.

Diocese of Birmingham November Events Calendar 2021

St. Cecilia has inspired Christians and artists for centuries.

On December 12, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

The morning of Saturday, Aug. 28, blossomed into a picturesque day for the diocesan celebration of Bishop Steven J. Raica’s seventh anniversary of episcopal ordination.

I own a small company, and my workers don’t seem motivated.

The months of November and December are bursting with events that help us ponder the mystery of God.

Pledge Sunday for the annual appeal of Catholic Charities and Communities was Sept. 26.

I wasn’t prepared for the sudden finality of death.

We will now look at how to “shop smart” as a Catholic therapy consumer.

St. Stephen was the first Christian martyr, and one of the seven first deacons of the Church.

Food is mentioned more than 1,200 times in sacred Scripture.

The consequential adventure of marriage and family life offers a fulfilling pathway toward human flourishing.

We celebrate the sacrament of baptism for every condition of the human person imaginable.

The diocesan Year of the Parish and the Eucharist was the primary focus of the Behold, I Make All Things New conference, which took place Aug. 13–14.

I just graduated and got this great job, but I’m in a new city and it’s almost impossible to meet people.