Over the years, my beloved mother amassed quite a collection of holy cards from wakes. Each one represented a person she knew and loved. They were kept in a plain cardboard box at the back of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Holy cards are highly collectible but also very, very numerous. Ryan O'Grady, The Marian Library, University of Dayton, CC BY-SA ...

Colleagues and friends of the Rev. Larry Hess remembered him today as devoted to the priesthood, whether in a parish or a high school. Hess died Friday, according to his obituary, but left his mark ...

The Rev. Larry J. Hess often visited the sick, and afterward they’d talk of how much his prayers had helped them. But Hess never took credit for those healing words. They came to him so easily that he ...