Motorcycles revved and semitractor-trailers honked in support and solidarity driving past the Harley-Davidson dealership in Festus early afternoon, May 19.

Outside the storefront, a crowd of an estimated 500 gathered for the unveiling of the outlet's new name which honors the late USMA Cadet Thomas Surdyke. A first-year cadet at West Point, Surdyke died June 28, 2016, from injuries sustained while saving a drowning civilian at Cooper Beach in Southhampton, N.Y. on Long Island two days...

A four-week summer series on the "Journey from Sin to Holiness — Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively Virtues" video series by Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles is planned at 12 sites in the archdiocese. Bishop Barron is an author, speaker, theologian and founder of the global media ministry Word on Fire.

The format allows for about thirty minutes of discussion after the video presentation. In the video, Bishop Barron explains how the seven lively virtues offer antidotes to...

With the heat and humidity already descending upon St. Louis, attendees at the North City Deanery Revival found refuge in the comfort of Sts. Teresa and Bridget Church on a mid-May evening.

Resurrectionist Father Manuel Williams of Montgomery, Ala., led the three-day event, May 21-23. Each evening began at 6 p.m. with praise and worship music from the North Deanery choir, followed by Father Williams' talks.

A revival seeks a religious awakening, through song, prayer and...

After providing Catholic education for 77 years, St. Clare School in St. Clair dismissed for the last time on May 21.

Declining enrollment prompted the closure of the school in the Washington Deanery, just off Interstate 44 about 54 miles southeast of St. Louis. According to the archdiocesan Office of Pastoral Planning, 38 students were enrolled this past school year — a drop of just over 50 percent from 77 in the 2015-16 school year. With the exception of those years, enrollment had...