By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald That is not an apparition glowing above the Sacred Heart Church cemetery in Pahoa on the Big Island. But the sudden Oct. 5 appearance of the larger-than-life white image of Our Blessed Mother does have a bit of mystery about it. According to Deacon Jim Dougherty of St. Theresa […]
Can St. Joseph sell your house? Skip burying his statue
By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service PAUL, Minn. — The folklore is well known: Need to sell a house? Bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard. Maybe wrapped in a cloth. But it must be upside down, near the “For Sale” sign, facing the house. Or facing away from the house, near the […]