Special Sections

From time to time, the Saint Louis Review publishes special sections relating to different areas of Catholic living, including Education, Senior Living, Christian Hope, Liturgical seasons, and more. Click on one of the links above to browse the most recent articles from that special section. You can read the most recent special section stories below.

Eagle Hurst Ranch is a great vacation destination

Submitted on May 05, 2011
Barbara Watkins | bwatkins@archstl.org
The Huzzah River provides plenty of fun for guests at Eagle Hurst Ranch.

As the price of gas continues to rise, just in time for summer vacation, many families are rethinking their travel plans. And many others are grateful that they already have a destination picked out close to home that offers everything needed for a great family vacation.

It’s Eagle Hurst Ranch. Less than a two- hour drive from St. Louis, Eagle Hurst is a family-friendly resort nestled in a wooded campus in the Ozarks.

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Vision of Peace Hermitages: A place for silence, solitude

Submitted on May 03, 2012
Claire Yallaly
Vision of Peace Hermitages: A place for silence, solitude. Photo by Claire Yallaly
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Educator's 'adventure' offers float trips on Missouri, Mississippi rivers

Submitted on May 03, 2012
Joseph Kennyjkenny@archstl.org
Mike Clark, a Catholic school teacher, is also the co-owner of Big Muddy Adventures. The expedition company is a professional river guiding and outfitting company, located in St. Louis MO just downstream of the Confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. He is pictured at daybreak on the Missouri River at the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area .

We'll call him "Gumby" of the river -- a flexible river guide who can shape your experience however you'd like.

Just as the green, human-like clay figure of media fame is adaptable, Mike Clark can tailor guests' experiences along the Missouri or Mississippi rivers for St. Louis area day trips, full-moon floats, multi-day canoe campaign trips or more.

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Parish couples' retreat planned at Eagle Hurst

Submitted on May 03, 2012
Barbara Watkinsbwatkins@archstl.org
Eagle Hurst Ranch is a relaxing family camp near Steeleville, Mo. Outside the dining lodge at the ranch is just one of the many little spots to relax with nature.

Eagle Hurst Ranch is the perfect setting for a weekend retreat, and several are held there every year, including a family retreat and a women's retreat, both run by the Sisters of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart.

A new retreat is being added this year -- for couples.

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Eagle Hurst Ranch provides a real family vacation

Submitted on May 03, 2012
Barbara Watkinsbwatkins@archstl.org
Norbert Butz has created Eagle Hurst Ranch to be a relaxing family camp near Steeleville, Mo. He stands inside the lodge near an old cash register which is one of the many pieces of nostalgic memorabilia at the ranch.

Take a family vacation where "family" is the focus -- Eagle Hurst Ranch in Steelville.

"We're a family place," explained Norbert Butz, a member of the extended family that bought Eagle Hurst in 2003. "Everything is designed for families. This is a place where parents can bring their children and relax, and everyone can enjoy themselves."

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New England shrine dedicated to Divine Mercy

Submitted on May 03, 2012
Rebecca Venegoni TowerSpecial to the St. Louis Review
The Shrine of Divine Mercy from the back, showing the Shrine Church connected to the building that houses the Association of Marian Helpers and Marian Press.

STOCKBRIDGE, MASS. -- Visitors come by the thousands each year to Stockbridge, a picturesque town nestled in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. They come because of the faith of a Polish nun.

Stockbridge is known to many as the home of the Norman Rockwell Museum, but thousands of faith-filled believers who visit annually have a different destination: Eden Hill and the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy.

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