In the 80-year history of the women's auxiliary group at B'nai Emunah, a Conservative Jewish congregation, there has never been a program on making and wearing prayer shawls. Until this week. That's ...

Chris Stuck, left, and Michelle Frankenberger join hands in prayer during a meeting of the Hospice of South Texas Prayer Shawl Ministry. Members of the ministry meet weekly to crochet prayer shawls ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Phyllis Elrich "always loved the comfort of the tallit" so she eagerly joined in a project to make about a dozen women's prayer shawls that were blessed last Friday at Temple ...

Using crochet hooks and knitting needles inherited from her mother, Reggie Dirnberger patiently and prayerfully creates warm shawls intended to bless others in need of comfort. Known as prayer shawls, ...

With the spike in demand for the society’s services caused by the coronavirus, the supply of the traditional wrapping ran low. (JTA) – Andrew Parver’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since Sunday. That’s ...

Giving gentle comfort to others in need, while bonding in prayer and fellowship, is merely the start of the joyful benefits achieved by members of the prayer shawl and quilting ministries held at the ...

Knitted shawls in a rainbow of colors overflowed from a basket in Joyce Meekins' Amesbury living room earlier this month.Hidden somewhere in Meekins' pile lay the 1,000th shawl created by the Holy ...

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 ...

Among the women from Saints Peter and Paul Church in Plains Township who have been making baby hats for the Tiny Angel Gowns project are, from left, Priscilla Marchak Valeski, Irene Hanratty Martin, ...

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