Catholic Charities Spokane and the Catholic Diocese of Spokane will host a Mass for Life on Jan. 21 at noon at the Cathedral of our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside Ave. Bishop Blase Cupich will preside.
Chief of Police Frank Straub wants to find ways the department can unite with Spokane’s religious communities, possibly by creating a faith-based advisory group.
At a meeting Monday he met with a small group of Christian and Catholic leaders to discuss forming a quarterly group — similar to an advisory board he had success with when he served in Indianapolis, he said.
Members of three local Orthodox churches gathered at mile marker 16 on the Centennial Trail Sunday afternoon, looked toward the frigid waters and prayed for the Spokane River to, “be sanctified by the power and operation and descent of the holy spirit….”
Members of three local Orthodox churches gathered at mile marker 16 on the Centennial Trail Sunday afternoon, looked toward the frigid waters and prayed for the Spokane River to, “be sanctified by the power and operation and descent of the holy spirit….”