CHARLOTTE — A special webinar about “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love,” the U.S. bishops’ 2021 pastoral letter against racism, will be held Monday, Feb. 28, featuring Donna Toliver Grimes, assistant director of the USCCB Office of African American Affairs; Toni Tupponce, Our Lady of Consolation Parish Black Cultural Commission; and Deacon Clarke Cochran, St. Peter Church Social Justice Ministry.
Register online at www.stpeterscatholic.weshareonline.org/Openwideourhearts to sign up for the webinar, which will begin at 7 p.m.
The webinar is sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte African American Affairs Ministry, St. Peter Church Social Justice Ministry and Our Lady of Consolation Church Black Culture Commission.
For more information, contact Rosheene Adams, diocesan African American Affairs Ministry director, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
— Catholic News Herald
CHARLOTTE — Nearly 60 people came to St. Patrick Cathedral to attend the February Vigil of the Two Hearts Mass and devotion Feb. 4.
The Mass was offered by Father Ernest Nebangongnjoh, parochial vicar, assisted by Deacon Paul Bruck.
After Mass, at the beginning of Nocturnal Adoration, Deacon Bruck led the attendees in a Holy Hour of Reparation for the tragedy of abortion.
The Vigil of the Two Hearts is offered each first Friday evening, continuing in Nocturnal Adoration through first Saturday morning at the cathedral to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary devotions, all while praying for the end of abortion, for families, and for the country’s conversion back to God.
The event is organized by the Carolina Pro-Life Action Network of Charlotte (C-PLAN). For more information, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.prolifecharlotte.org/two-hearts.
— Mike FitzGerald, correspondent