diofav 23

Catholic News Herald

Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina

022522 New confessionalCHARLOTTE — Vincentian Father Hugo Medellin, parochial vicar, recently blessed a new confessional built inside the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

— Facebook

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