Photo by Colleen Rowan By Colleen Rowan WHEELING—As the new formation associate with a primary focus on Marriage and Family Life for the diocesan Department of Formation and Mission, Christopher…

  Courtesy Photo “To Honor the Gravesites of our Unborn Brothers and Sisters” was the message on one of the many signs on the parish grounds of St. Matthew Church…

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By Colleen Rowan On a rainy July afternoon in the small Mingo County community of Kermit in southern West Virginia, a local woman sifted through a table of donated apparel…

May Crowning at St. James the Greater Parish in Charles Town May 6. John Sherwood photo

Colleen Rowan Photo Cutting the ribbon to open the new Catholic Charities West Virginia (CCWVa) office in Weirton April 19 are, from left, Father Dennis R. Schuelkens, Jr., pastor of…

Courtesy Photo Father Justin Blanc, associate pastor of St. John University Parish in Morgantown and director of Campus Ministry for West Virginia University (fourth from right), leads WVU students on…

  Colleen Rowan Photo Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to students at Central Catholic High School in Wheeling Feb. 2 during Catholic Schools Week.

Courtesy Photo VIENNA—The faith communities of St. Michael Parish in Vienna and Christ Lutheran Church in Vienna gathered Oct. 26 to celebrate a Common Prayer Service based on the document…

Courtesy Photo Very Rev. Donald X. Higgs, Assc. V.F., rector of the Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Charleston, and Father Babu Joseph Elamturuthil, pastor of Our…