Brethren Village resident Betty Witmer, left, and Nora Christensen, 13, a volunteer with St. Mary's Works of Mercy program, play checkers at Brethren Village Friday, July 21, 2023.

For more than 50 years, St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lancaster city has put teens’ time and energy over the summer to good ...

The works of mercy are the practices that Christian disciples collectively engage to respond to the needs of others. Both the Beatitudes and the works of mercy are our pathways, one inner, one ...

The seven corporal works of mercy have been a hallmark from the earliest times of the Christian community of what it means to be a follower of Jesus.