A baby doll, a toy truck and a skateboard. Mr. Potato Head, Nerf toys and a giant rainbow-colored Slinky.
Gia Masters (from right) poses with the toys she was able to purchase with donated funds. With her is her brother, Mikey, and her cousins CJ and Sami Urban. (Photo courtesy of Luz Segnini)
The ancient Christian tradition of marking doorways with blessed chalk on the feast of the Epiphany will carry new meaning for many Catholics in 2021.
Will and Amy Buttarazzi, parishioners at St. Joseph Church in Cockeysville, Md., pose for a photo with their children Dec. 6. As part of their Christmas tradition, they will bless their home for the year ahead with holy oil, frankincense and myrrh on the Feast of the Epiphany. (CNS photo by Kevin J. Parks)
This 2018 photo of a Luxmuralis light production at the Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire, England, shows the images projected onto the front of the church. Luxmuralis is producing "Cathedral Illuminated: The Manger," a sound and light show to be projected on the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 17-19, 2020. (CNS photo courtesy The Cathedral Heritage Foundation)
Sister Lorayne Caroline Tinti smiles while holding the trophy for her victory in the 17th episode of MasterChef Brasil Aug. 7, 2020. (CNS photo by Carlos Reinis, courtesy BandTV)
Dave and Jackie Krenske of Divine Mercy Parish in Faribault, Minn., view a reproduction of a fresco called "The Creation of Adam" Nov. 15, 2020, at Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Exhibition at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. (CNS photo by Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit)
Fresh figs are pictured. The Bible presents figs and fig tree as symbols of security and prosperity. Figs came to North America in the 1700s with Spanish Franciscans, who grew fig trees at their missions in southern California. (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec)