For the past two-and-a-half years, the seniors in this group have met two times a month to knit or crochet rectangular prayer shawls for those in need. WATCH LIVE.

When Angela Ernst was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, she received a crocheted prayer shawl from a crafter through the program Caring Thru Cancer.

Giving gentle comfort to others in need, while bonding in prayer and fellowship, is merely the start of the joyful benefits achieved by members of the prayer shawl and quilting ministries held at ...

<p>“It’s one of the saddest things you can think of,” Irene Martin of Plains Township said, reflecting on the loss of a premature or stillborn baby.</p> ...

She’s been crocheting since her grandmother taught her when she was about 9. Now Doolaard leads a group of about 25 women who knit and crochet prayer shawls for organizations including Wings of ...

The women of Theodore United Methodist Church Prayer Shawl Ministry don't know how many people have been touched by the beautiful afghans and shawls they've crocheted or knitted for those who need ...

Ganga Sivakumar crochets a prayer shawl with other members of the Hospice of South Texas Prayer Shawl Ministry. About 30 people meet weekly on Fridays to crochet shawls for Hospice patients.

When Donna Wilkening’s father-in-law passed away five years ago, she decided to make a shawl to comfort her mother-in-law. A year later, Wilkening's brother-in-law died, so she made a shawl ...

The group of women sat around a table at Broadway Court Estates Friday, crochet hooks in hand, as activities assistant Sarah Ivie dumped bags of new skeins of yarn on the table. “Oh, I like that ...

NORRISTOWN >> A group of women at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Norristown are using their spirituality, their knitting needles and a rainbow of colors to reach out to Pope Francis ...