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Lent
… Michael Sean Winters … Lent has become the most counter-cultural liturgical season. Prayer, almsgiving, and fasting … read each year at the Easter Vigil, the most solemn and joy-filled liturgy of the year. But, Lent requires us to prepare for Easter by inviting us not to rush too quickly to the second half of the couplets found in Isaiah 55. Lent invites us to ponder our hunger and our thirst for salvation so that, when we encounter the …
'40': Jesuits launch Lenten social media series on Ash Wednesday
… and/or commercials, Peggy Miley in particular. Two new episodes will air each week during Lent. A reflection guide is also available for each webisode on the site for reflection and … news for all pastoral ministers, and in better news, "40" webisodes can be accessed throughout Lent anywhere pastoral leaders, catechists, parents and kids can access the Internet. These brief …
The joy of being forgiven
… in the form of friends whose care leads us to help and to wholeness. Standing on the brink of Lent, it is good for us to remember God’s willingness to heal sinners, to mend the broken and to …
Churches share ongoing Lenten ecumenical mission
… Texas, have shared an ecumenical Lenten mission with one another, gathering three days in Lent for prayer, reflection and fellowship. “We’ve established many wonderful friends over the …
Jim Douglass' new book, 'Gandhi and the Unspeakable'
… against him, and forgave his assassins as he died. This book might make a good companion for Lent because it offers a stunning example of someone who followed Jesus by taking up the cross of …
Bringing God to the rhythms of our days
… of our soul that is still yearning for the fulfillment of the promises of the Messiah. We have Lent to consider our need for salvation. We have Christmas and Easter to celebrate the two great …
Victims caught up in Milwaukee's 'shell game'
… Knights of Columbus, the Detroit archdiocese lost a reported $34 million of the $54 million it lent in building the complex on The Catholic University of America campus ( NCR , Aug. 19). Many …
Ads aim to extend Catholic welcome
… the measuring to each diocese, there is no uniform system for detecting an effect. After its Lent 2008 campaign, Peterson’s home diocese of Phoenix saw an increase of 12 percent the following October and Lent. Ryan Hanning, director of parish leadership support, attributed the increase to the … Ill., diocese ran its usual October head count and an additional count the second week of Lent. From October 2009 to February 2010, the diocese saw a 10 per-cent bump in Mass attendance …
A new meaning for the manger
… Egypt, a land of his own making, but not, in his weakness, of his own choosing? We reflect in Lent and during Holy Week on the debasement of the cross, but what of the humiliation of the …
Justice groups start work on 'common good' platform for 2012 election
… of governing," she added. Discussions in the six targeted states are expected to begin during Lent. After the state platforms are drafted, reviewed and finally adopted local leaders will …