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At-home retreat brings Scripture, spirituality to seniors
… she said. "There are lots of elderly people who are used to going to parish missions for Lent and can't get out anymore." After talking it over with her pastor, Joanne placed a notice in … offering the Living Room Retreats to anyone who wished to participate during the six weeks of Lent. The first year, program response was somewhat underwhelming, if memorable: "One little … bring it up. I was so encouraged. She really urged me to continue," Joanne said. The following Lent, a group from the local senior high-rise asked to attend. Again and again, people said how …
Delving into Thomas Merton's exterior and interior lives
… and the Spiritual Quest: A Crosscultural Anthology and Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent . Read more of her writing in her columns, Just Catholic .] …
Divorced Catholics and The New York Times
… and the Spiritual Quest: A Crosscultural Anthology and Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent .] … Editor's note: … We can send you an email alert every time Phyllis Zagano's column, …
Francis calls on Catholics to share everything, be 'islands of mercy'
… but shares everything with others." Released by the Vatican Tuesday, Francis' message for Lent focuses on three quotations from the New Testament -- with one reflection directed towards … as a whole, another to parish groups and communities, and the last to individual Christians. Lent, which begins this year on Feb. 18 for Latin-rite Catholics, is an annual 40-day season of … God also represents a real temptation for us Christians," states the pope. "Each year during Lent we need to hear once more the voice of the prophets who cry out and trouble our conscience." …
Links for 01/23/15
… not in a mechanical way, but so that we can encounter "God, the Father of mercies." Lent is almost upon. Go and hear those wondrous words of absolution and experience the power of …
Vincentian's work teaches him, 'There but for the grace of God go I'
… use the Little Books created by Bishop Ken Untener for daily prayer for Advent and Christmas, Lent, Easter, stewardship and more from the diocese of Saginaw, Mich. I read the lessons and the …
When we take our baptism seriously, we choose to follow Jesus
… to have his life transformed and changed. He's tempted -- and we remember all of this during Lent -- whether he's going to trust in material goods and material wealth and power, or trust in …
Global Catholic climate network launches ahead of papal visit to Philippines
… it through prayer vigils, fasting or other avenues. There has been talk around an event during Lent, as well as discussion of possible pilgrimages in different countries throughout the year. …
The misanthropes
… and the Spiritual Quest: A Crosscultural Anthology and Sacred Silence: Daily Meditations for Lent .] … Editor's note: … We can send you an email alert every time Phyllis Zagano's column, …
Cardinal Raymond Burke: 'Feminized' church and altar girls caused priest shortage
… Vatican to head the church's top court and made him a cardinal, a prestigious position that lent weight to his increasingly sharp and direct criticisms of Francis' agenda. Francis …