HUNTERSVILLE — Parishioners from St. Mark Church filled 291 boxes for Operation Christmas Child in December.
The collection was organized by the parish’s elementary faith formation coordinator, Maryanne Pape.
The boxes were donated by the Knights of Columbus and available for parishioners to pick up, fill and return. This was the second year the faith formation department has organized a shoebox collection.
The boxes were delivered to the Charlotte processing center Dec. 14, bound for needy children in Honduras and Tanzania.
— Amy Burger
BLOWING ROCK — Father Brendan Buckler, pastor, celebrated a Missa Cantata, a sung Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form, on the Feast of Epiphany at the Church of the Epiphany, a mission of St. Elizabeth Church in Boone.
— Amber Mellon, correspondent