In 2017 alone, the prayer shawl ministry of four combined Catholic churches in northeastern Connecticut donated 73 shawls and 33 lap robes to anyone who wanted them.The shawls are small things ...

Regular meetings of the First Christian Prayer Shawl Ministry began and the first prayer shawls were blessed on Dec. 19, 2010 by the congregation led by Dr. Guy McCombs, senior minister.

Linda Hanson displays one of her custom-made prayer shawls, distributed to those in need by the Catholic Daughters at St. Patrick's Church. ... the stitches are always imbued with Hanson’s prayers.

Peggy Burkhardt never thought much about prayer shawls. Then her brother, Tim McCarthy, got sick. One evening, Burkhardt stayed up late talking with McCarthy, who had pancreatic cancer and was in a… ...

A national endeavor by two women to comfort those in hospitals continues to resonate locally. Whether they are called Prayer Shawls, Comfort Shawls, Peace Shawls, Mantles or some other name, these ...

A kind gesture — the donation of a blanket to a survivor of the deadly 2010 earthquake in Haiti — sparked a movement at St. Mary Catholic Church in Henrico ...