A church in Pacific Palisades appeared to be destroyed and more than 60 Catholic schools were closed as several major fires in the Los Angeles area burned overnight into Jan.8.

On Aug. 19, Fr. Anthony Narisetty, S.A.C. entered Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church for the first time in nearly a month.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church still stands after wildfires tragically devastated the township of Jasper, Alta., and the adjoining and renowned Jasper National Park of Canada for nearly a week late last month.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church withstood the devastating wildfires that ravaged the municipality of Jasper and the adjacent Jasper National Park.

Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith������Ƶapp heart is with the people of Jasper, Alta., and tourists forced to evacuate from the wildfire wreaking desolation on the small alpine town and the neighbouring famous Jasper National Park since last night.

Bishop Jon Hansen spoke to an “essentially full” St. Patrick������Ƶapp Co-Cathedral on Sept. 10, in front of Yellowknife Catholics eager to congregate after nearly a month of being deprived of their home and parish community due to the rampant wildfires.

Art program helps displaced northerners take their minds off wildfires.

People jumping into a lake to escape being consumed by flames. Roadways jammed with vehicles on the move. Kilometre-long line-ups to airstrips offering evacuation flights.

Wildfires wreaking devastation across British Columbia and the Northwest Territories have apparently spared Catholic churches, though numerous other buildings cannot say the same thing.

Catholic churches have thus far been spared from the more than 200 wildfires sweeping through the Northwest Territories, according to Bishop Jon Hansen of the Mackenzie-Fort Smith diocese.