Ursuline Sisters Marietta Wethington and Suzanne Sims led a workshop called, “The Spirituality of Fasting” on May 2 in the Fr. Tucker Center at Sts. Joseph and Paul Catholic Church in Owensboro. The workshop focused on undertaking fasting as a prayerful act, and included fasting from food and other acts or distractions that keep people from experiencing peace
     The workshop was the kickoff of the Pax Christi USA “10 Days in May Peace Campaign” at Sts. Joseph and Paul, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the U.S. bishops document, “The Challenge of Peace: God’s Promise and Our Response,” which forever enshrined “peacemaking” as an imperative of the Catholic faith.

Sister Marietta Wethington, right, points out a Bible verse for Melissa Galloway during the prayer service that led into “The Spirituality of Fasting” workshop May 2 at Sts. Joseph and Paul Catholic Church.

From left, Darrell Howard, Charlene Meadows, and Sister Suzanne Sims listen and pray as Ursuline Sister Marie Joseph Coomes reads from Scripture during “The Spirituality of Fasting” workshop.