May 18, 2023 LAKELAND | Kenna E. is an artist and a writer with an abundance of creativity. She is enthralled by butterflies, perhaps because they reflect her own metamorphosis. And the obstacles Kenna E. has overcome have shaped her into an exceptional graduate at Santa Fe Catholic High School. As a toddler, Kenna’s parents noticed something different.…

May 18, 2023 LAKELAND | At St. Joseph Parish’s Lakeland Senior Center, high tea isn’t just for the English. Mothers and daughters from various Catholic Charities of Central Florida locations across Polk County adopted the tradition in celebration of motherhood, May 12, complete with fancy hats. Ann Nahrbecki, Eleanor Collier, and Denise Throm joined almost 40 others at…

May 18, 2023 Schools and parishes throughout the Diocese of Orlando crown statues of the Virgin Mary on their campuses in the month of May, known by Catholics as the Month of Mary. Just as Jesus reveres His mother and requests the same of us, we recognize Our Lady’s holiness and celebrate her love for her children, the…