Numerous law enforcement officers from both Missouri and Illinois attended the funeral for retired St. Clair County sheriff Mearle Justus at Holy Family Catholic Church in Cahokia, Ill. Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Justus died a week after retiring as sheriff.

Adelaida Peterson, Mrs. Missouri International 2013, visits with others before the start of a 5K run / walk fundraiser to benefit International Crisis Aid at Queeny Park in Ballwin, Mo. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Peterson, a parishioner at Incarnate Word Parish in Chesterfield, is an advocate on the issue of human trafficking and spoke to the runners and walkers about the issue.

Musicians of diverse faith backgrounds participated in the Second Annual September 11th Interfaith Memorial in Music at The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis Sunday Sept. 9, 2012. The event, which brought together performers from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh traditions, will be broadcast on HEC-TV on Sept. 11, 17 and 22.

Five members of the Salesian Sisters of Mary Immaculate, an order of women religious based in India, are living and working in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The group is based at St. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church in Lemay, Mo.

Bishop Morgan Casey celebrates the 50th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Priesthood at with a Mass at St. Mary Magdelen Church in Brentwood, Mo. and a reception at the Cardinal Rigali Center in Shrewsburgy, Mo. Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Bishop Casey has served for 47 years in the Archdiocese of St. Louis' Latin America Apostolate in Bolivia.

Roman Catholic Sisters from Religious Orders across the United States gathered in St. Louis Aug. 7-10, 2012 for the 2012 Assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. During the gathering the group worked to formulate a response to a Doctrinal Assessment from the Vatican and Pope Benedict calling for reform of the group.

Benedictines Brother Francis Hein and Brother Cassian Koenemann became transitional Deacons during a Mass of Ordination to the Diaconate at the Church of the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis in Creve Coeur, Mo. Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. Presiding was The Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson, Archbishop of St. Louis.

Members of the St. Joseph - Cottleville youth group gathered at the church Sunday July 29, 2012 for a prayer and blessing before distributing leaflets in area neighborhoods about the ongoing HHS mandate controversy.

People from across the St. Louis region gathered at Dar Aljalal Mosque in Hazelwood, Mo. Sunday, July 15, 2012 for a grand opening and ribbon-cutting. The mosque is the product of more than 20 years of effort to organize, fund and build a mosque primarily for Muslims of Arab backgrounds.

Teens to Teens, a ministry supervised by the Archdiocese of St. Louis, is administered by Youth Executive Director John Schenk, a member of the class of 2012 at St. John Vianney High School. The group's inaugural event was held at Webster University April 25, 2012. Schenk and the ministry can be reached through http://teens2teens.org/.

Members of American Heritage Girls Troop 1776 concluded their first year at St. Joseph - Cottleville with a tree planting on the church grounds Saturday, June 9, 2012.

Nine men from the Archdiocese of St. Louis became permanent Deacons of the church during an Ordination for Deacons at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Saturday, June 2, 2012.

Worshipers gathered at the First Presbyterian Church in Festus, Mo. for the congregation's final service Sunday, May 13, 2012. The church was organized in 1874, and moved to this building 110 years ago.

The Rev. Mr. Fadi Auro, a transitional deacon with the Archdiocese of St. Louis, leads the Rite of Baptism for Children at St. Joseph Parish in Cottleville, Mo. Sunday, May 6, 2012. Auro is among those transitional deacons being ordained by the Archdiocese on May 26.

LIFE Runners, a national group of pro-life Catholic distance runners, participate in the St. Louis University 2012 Run For Their Lives 5K Run/Walk on the school's St. Louis campus May 5, 2012. The group sponsors teams across the country that train for all types of distance running events. Photos © copyright 2012 Sid Hastings.

Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts from across the Archdiocese of St. Louis gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 for the annual Scout Sunday prayer service, let by the Most Rev. Edward F. Rice, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

St. Louis-area residents gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Sunday, Jan. 15, 2011 for the 36th annual Archdiocesan Mass and Commemoration to Honor the Birth and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Most Rev. Robert J Carlson, Archbishop of St. Louis, was celebrant. More about the Mass can be found on the St. Louis Review website: http://www.archstl.org/st-louis-review