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Friar crafts altar, ambo for Bishop Martin’s order
�There are times when the Conventual Franciscans of Our Lady of the Angels Province, to which Bishop...
At one year, Franciscans’ street ministry planting seeds and growing fruit in Charlotte
It’s Saturday night and two Franciscan friars in brown robes walk into one of Charlotte’s most p...
‘We’re never too late to listen to Jesus:’ Bishop Martin encourages homeschool families
The cries of small children rang through the air before the annual Homeschool Mass Aug. 19 at St. Pa...
Missionaries of the Poor founder shares thoughts with Charlotte pilgrims
Father Richard Ho Lung, 86, didn’t allow his recent brush with death to hinder Founder’s Day and...ABOUT THE DIOCESE
Founded in 1972, the Diocese of Charlotte encompasses the 46 counties in the western half of North Carolina, bordering Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina, with more than 575,000 Catholics in 93 churches. We operate 20 schools and more than 50 ministries and programs – including food banks, counseling, prison ministry, youth and elder ministry, campus ministry, anti-poverty efforts, refugee resettlement and pro-life advocacy.