Using crochet hooks and knitting needles inherited from her mother, Reggie Dirnberger patiently and prayerfully creates warm shawls intended to bless others in need of comfort. Known as prayer shawls, ...

Among the women from Saints Peter and Paul Church in Plains Township who have been making baby hats for the Tiny Angel Gowns project are, from left, Priscilla Marchak Valeski, Irene Hanratty Martin, ...

ATLANTA - At 94, Irene Marder is handing out hope, one prayer shawl at a time. If you spend enough time in a cancer center infusion room, you start to notice things. It's crowded, it's quiet, and, as ...

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 the ...

When Karen Doolaard began leading a prayer shawl ministry at Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, she knew she wanted to tailor the devotions specifically to the group of women who gathered to knit and ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- You don't hear needles clicking and clacking at The Buckingham retirement community, even as women knit colorful shawls. There's too much activity. 1 of 28 If you're viewing on our ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On a brisk winter day last month, six women gathered in a cozy room at Sacred Heart Glyndon, a ...

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 during ...

After her father’s cancer-related death in 2010, Laurie Kennedy took to her rocking chair and burrito-wrapped herself in a prayer shawl. Though ancient Jewish men first wore them to show reverence ...