Arthur recently died. The shawl came from a Prayer Shawl group that gathers at Trinity United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Kan. The group is sponsored by the Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City ...

And that was years ago. The group, which formed at St. Michael Catholic Church in Orland Park in 2005, is a prayer shawl ministry. “The idea is we pray while we’re working, whether we’re ...

As for her prayer shawls, that’s a story that dates back to her time in Creighton. It was 1983, and she and a group of employees at the University, many of whom knitted or crocheted, would ...

"We do meet the second Thursday of the month to pray over the completed shawls and attach a prayer," said Jeanne Henley, who coordinates the group. "We do a little work while we are there ...

Called prayer shawls, comfort shawls ... Knitters can work in the group that gathers each first Sunday, or they can work at home. Knitters provide their own supplies; the group is seeking ...

The group quickly ran out of shawls ... he wrote on the association’s Facebook page, using the Hebrew word for prayer shawls. The donations started pouring in immediately.

For the past two-and-a-half years, the seniors in this group have met two times a month to knit or crochet rectangular prayer shawls for those in need. The effort is a partnership between ...

Earlier this month, the group completed its 2,000th shawl. "It's a win/win/win," said ... you say a little prayer, 'I hope this person gets better.' " Romanello said the shawls do, indeed, bring ...

The members of the ministry crochet prayer shawls, lap robes and “loveys” — items made in the shape of different animals — to ...