This ministry meets at the St. Athanasius PAC on the 2nd & 4th Mondays; if the Monday is a holiday, we meet on the Thursday of that week.  Some of the ladies go to 9:00AM Mass at St. Agnes or other churches, then come to the PAC.  All in the Reading Catholic Community are invited to join us!

Care and the love of knitting (and crochet) have been combined into a prayerful ministry that reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace to members of the parish who are sick or homebound. Many blessings are knitted into every shawl. The knitter begins each shawl with prayers for the recipient. Intentions are continued throughout the creation of the shawl. When the shawl is completed it is offered a final blessing before being sent along its way.

We have an Annual Blessing of shawls, blankets and chemo hats which is held in February on a weekend near the Feast of the World Day of the Sick.


In addition we create knit goods for our longstanding and popular Christmas Faire. They love to add our handmade mittens, hats, blankets, Christmas stockings, yarn donations, etc to the Knit Corner at the Faire.  If you would like to donate or are interested in finding out more about the Prayer Shawl Ministry contact Diane Bukowski at  978-658-8789, be sure to leave a message for a return phone call. or email:
diane_bukowski@yahoo.com