On a blustery, frigid night in January, a group of women gathered around the warm inviting fireplace in the lobby of Valley View Hospital with their knitting. Spilling over their laps from their ...

Knit three, purl three … over and over, totaling more than three million loops on knitting needles, for 22,000 hours. That’s what it takes to create 1,100 prayer shawls. And that’s exactly what a ...

NORRISTOWN >> A group of women at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Norristown are using their spirituality, their knitting needles and a rainbow of colors to reach out to Pope Francis during ...

She got out her own knitting needles and yarn and got to work on another prayer shawl. “Being able to do it for someone else was a wonderful feeling,” she said. “After being a recipient, I knew how ...

When he was just 2 months old, Ryan DeBaggis of Norwell developed a tumor on his neck and spent months at Children’s Hospital in Boston. When he needed critical surgery, his mother, Jean, asked ...

Prayer Shawl Ministry allows us to wrap people who are hurting in God’s love. These handmade gifts offer both physical warmth ...