The day-long workshop called “Through the Doorway” was a chance to go “back to basics,” Todd Williamson said.
Williamson, director of the Chicago archdiocesan Office for Divine Worship, and Victoria Tufano, senior editor and liturgical consultant at Liturgy Training Publications, tag-teamed presentations throughout the day.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Herrin will host Eva Mozes Kor, one of the Mengele twins who survived the Holocaust, at an evening presentation at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at the church, 316 W. Monroe St. in Herrin.

“It’s awesome,” seniors serving at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in St. Louis said of their first week of service. The two young men were anxious to meet and serve the poor and homeless that know help is available at St. Vincent’s, a parish known for its outreach.