In a courtyard at the Jesuit monastery in Homs, Syria, volunteers prepare meals Feb. 17, 2023, for people displaced, mostly from Aleppo over 100 miles away, as a result of the catastrophic Feb. 6, earthquake. The Jesuits currently serve daily meals for the displaced, which is double the amount earlier in February and the needs keep increasing and more displaced people arrive. (OSV News photo/Courtesy of Jesuit Father Tony Homsy)Mustafa Avci, an earthquake survivor who was stuck under rubble for more than 10 days, meets his daughter, Almile, for the first time and reunites with his wife, Bilge, at a hospital in Mersin, Turkey, Feb. 17, 2023. Almile was born on the day of the earthquake. (OSV News photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)Volunteers from St. Michael Catholic Church in Memphis, Tenn., prepare some of the 700 King Cakes Feb. 13, 2023, as a fundraiser to support some of the churches ministries. Father Ben Bradshaw, who was a chef before becoming a priest, works with the volunteers to create the cakes. King cakes are a tradition of Mardi Gras. According to folklore around this tradition, whoever finds the baby figurine hidden inside the cake will be lucky and prosperous. That person must also bring a king cake to the Mardi Gras party next year. (OSV News photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)A 1981 Valentine’s Day card created by Franciscan Brother Simon McKay is seen Feb. 12, 2023, at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington. Brother McKay, now 86, sent his parents a card each St. Valentine’s Day while they were still living (1955 to 1981). He created many in the three-dimensional box form constructed with lace, velvet and moving parts. He used “his talents in art and poetry and to reach out in love to his parents,” the monastery said. “The friars treasure these cards.” They were to remain on display in the lobby of the monastery church through February. (OSV News photo/Julie Asher)
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