Maryann Tucker played the organ at Berkeley Baptist Church for more than seven decades before retiring in April.

Keep quietly inviting our kids to join us for Mass on Christmas or Easter ... darkened a church doorway since the previous Christmas. They are often dressed casually, as if to signal they aren't ...

For as long as I’ve been a member of Saints Peter and Paul Parish, then Holy Apostles after the merger of SSPP and St. John Parishes, my family (kids while growing up), and Sally and I, for about the ...

The build-up to Christmas is a time of joy and thankfulness for churches across the valley, many of which have special ...

Stacker compiled a collection of 17 contemporary and classic Latin American songs ... for the children. Kick off Posada ...

One of the most surprising — and saddest — occurrences of the past year was the sudden passing of William Beckmann, pastor ...

It’s hard to imagine Christmas without Christmas carols. Here are some of the history and traditions, as well as ...

For a lot of parents and other adults, perpetuating that Santa Claus is real is a chance to give young children a bit of ...

There were soon much more exotic ways to be a teenager than going into violent hysterics for Dickie Rock, but for a time, he ...

When many people think of “the news,” they think of negative stories and events. This region certainly has its share of those ...

Brazil’s obsession with translated Christmas songs extends to church music ... includes vocals from a local church children’s choir and a portion that brings back Julio’s reflections ...

Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.