Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes celebrated the last night of the Seven Sorrows of Mary Novena Friday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Toto. Christian Mothers from around the island ...

To Roman Catholics a novena is an act of faith which is performed by saying nine prayers or series of prayers, usually in hope of gaining special material or spiritual rewards. A perpetual novena is ...

When I told my father that I was going to visit and write about the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows on Chicago’s West Side, he told me about his aunt Esther. Every Friday during World War II the ...

William H. Blakely, Sr., age 89, member of Our Lady of Sorrows Novena Ushers Club; member of the Shields Club. Beloved husband of Margaret A., nee McKay; loving father of Mary Anne Carpenter, Thomas ...