Last month, a young girl walked into the Inspiration Center, a non-profit health clinic in Belize City, Belize, seeking treatment for a significant eye injury unlike most seen in America. Her father accidentally caused it in a mishap with a machete — a common tool in the mostly jungle landscape of this Caribbean nation on the northeastern coast of Central America. So Alexis Dorlon, 22, of St. Luke Parish in Long Valley evaluated and developed a treatment for the girl — part of a mission trip last month to the Inspiration Center in the nation’s capital on a team of 27 physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) students and professors.

During the season of Lent, Catholics can deepen their faith by committing to more prayer, penance and sacrifice in preparation for Easter. For Frances Spilman, a parishioner of St. Bernard’s in Mount Hope, one Lenten promise allows her to do all three at the same time — participating in 40 Days for Life. 40 Days for Life began yesterday on Ash Wednesday and will continue through Palm Sunday, April 5, as pro-life advocates keep vigil across the street from Planned Parenthood, 196 Speedwell Ave. in Morristown every day during Lent during the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were presented with religious awards during the annual combined diocesan Boy Scout and Girl Scout Sunday Mass Feb. 23 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson.