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Presidents' Day
… attributable to his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, but Washington nonetheless lent his personal authority to the new government at a time when it might have collapsed in any … during the days of laissez-faire economic policy that preceded his tenure. As Washington had lent his personal authority to the new government, Roosevelt lent his personal optimism, and …
CPAC & The Right's Civil War
… conservatism with their ideas. (Unfortunately, it appears that my well dog-eared copy has been lent to someone as I can’t find it in my library this morning for an exact quote.) Allitt, one of …
Ordinary time allows us to celebrate the great mysteries
… seasons of Advent’s violet hued lead up to the snow capped evergreen of Christmas, and Lent’s purple robed prelude to the dogwood of Easter. That’s what the Reality Show of the human …
Transforming our world into the reign of God
… and began to pray, enter into deep communion with God, what we celebrate during the season of Lent. But then when he came back, as we heard in last Sunday’s gospel, he discovered John the …
March for life brings to mind new beginnings
… annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., as a day of preparation for the upcoming season of Lent. We can use the time to examine our consciences, as well as to confess and repent of our sins, all of which is good preparation for the season of Lent, a time of self-sacrifice. This time around the March of Life is a also a time when the poor …
Sr. Rosemary Lynch, teacher of nonviolence, dies
… birth of St. Francis of Assisi with a 40-day period of prayer at the Nevada Test Site during Lent of 1982, an idea proposed by Lynch and others. This prayer service eventually evolved into …
Get creative this Lent: A parish program for Earth care
… out of the busy Christmas liturgical season, and here I am asking you to be thinking about Lent already. It’s just that I wanted to put my two-cents in early before all the Lenten plans … that they stick to, but if you’re a little tried of the status quo and want a fresh idea for a Lent, I’d like to share what our parish did a couple of years ago. Our Green Team is always … for ways to educate our parishioners on connections between faith and caring for the Earth, so Lent seemed like an ideal time for this. We wanted ecology to be a total parish theme, so got …
In London, three Anglican bishops received into church
… ordinariate. The other two had already retired but will be ordained Catholic priests by Lent. The ordinariate is initially expected to include of about 50 former Anglican bishops and …
Without winter, we would be less whole
… feasts and celebrations at winter’s beginning and at its end. The winter observation of Lent precedes the bright outburst of promise that is Easter. The paschal mystery sits astride …
5 ways to green your parish
… did wonders for raising awareness! 5. Educate through adult programs. Our film series in Lent went over very well, as did an eco-retreat, and a symposium called Awakening the Dreamer, …