Religion

What is a deacon? The Church Lady ponders the question.

Updates on happenings are Marco Island houses of worship.

The Church Lady writes about the houses of worship on Marco Island.

Kathleen Tuttle is the Church Lady and writes a twice-monthly column for the Marco Eagle.

Two Marco mothers share their spiritual journey with the Church Lady. Our community is rich with ordinary women dealing with extraordinary challenges. Among them are two mothers — Hari Jacobsen and Janet Stapleton; one Jewish, the other Catholic. Both sing ...

Faith Briefs: news from the houses of worship on Marco Island and Isles of Capri.

On Easter Marco's churches were bursting. Parishioners at San Marco Catholic Church were receiving communion on the entrance steps. Many churches hastily put up additional chairs in their lobbies to accommodate the standing room only crowds. The folks tha

Marco Island has been setting its alarm clocks early on Easter morning for a quarter century. Sunday morning, thousands thronged the beach behind the Madeira condominium and the Marriott hotel for the 25th Anniversary Easter Sunrise Service, trooping down

Church Lady talks to Marco Island houses of worship.

Members of Temple Shalom are participating in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, something most of them — especially the women — never thought they would do. They are scribing their own Torah.

Passover begins at sundown on March 25. From Bonita to Naples to Marco Island, area Jewish congregations.

Reflections on Easter Sunday by the Marco Island houses of worship.

Faith Briefs: news from the houses of worship on Marco Island.

The Lab Theater continues its genre-hopping season with "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," a play about the trial of the betrayer of Jesus. Screams of laughter mix with questions of faith while Satan quaffs wine at the bar. Before ...

St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Marco Island hosts Camp Jeffrey, a camp for challenged or disabled children and young adults, 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesdays, which serves as a respite for the caregivers of the campers now through April. Volunteers ...