The photo above shows the response by St. Matthew Church in Allouez, Wisconsin to the snow sweeping across parts of the United States. Many Catholic schools and parishes were closed due to extremely cold temperatures. The polar vortex took wind chill temperatures down to around minus 40 degrees both days.
Ampleforth Abbey in the snow. Photo: Ampleforth
St Paul's Cathedral, London at dusk showing the Shard in the background. Photo: Ruth Gledhill
A statue of Mary outside St. Vincent de Paul Church in Peoria, Ill., is seen Jan. 13 with nearly a foot of snow around it. (CNS photo/Tom Dermody, The Catholic Post)
Bavaria, Aitrang: The tower of the pilgrimage church Sankt Alban casts a long shadow in the sunshine on the freshly fallen snow. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
Bavaria, Aitrang: The church tower of Huttenwang rises from the landscape covered with fresh snow. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
Surgut, Russia: A view of the Memorial of Glory. Photo: Alexei Andronov/TASS
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Pastor John Steger, with Grace In The City church, embraces Jearline Cyrus, a homeless woman, in downtown Minneapolis while delivering cold-weather gear, hot chocolate and food with Minneapolis Police Sgt. Grant Snyder. Photo: Aaron Lavinsky/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS via ZUMA Wire
Bavaria, Rottach-Egern: Skiers run to the piste below the snow-covered Wallberg Chapel "Heilig Kreuz", behind which the Alpine panorama stretches. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa
A view of the Church of the Conception of St Anne in Moscow's Zaryadye Park. Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS
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