Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day: It’s All About Love
BY CONNIE CLARK
Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day are on the same day this year, and you can blame the moon for that. But we’re...
Keeping Advent in a Digital Age: Apps, websites, and activities
JONATHAN F. SULLIVAN
Keeping an Advent season of attentive and joyful anticipation — amidst the secular celebration of Christmas all around us — is an...
The Triduum: Encounter Jesus’ Love for You
By Robyn Lee
How can we understand and relay to our students what Jesus did for us on this earth? We teach them in class,...
Celebrating Saints … Josephine Bakhita, Feb. 8
by Patricia Mathson
CLICK HERE for a pdf about St. Josephine Bakhita and some of the other feast days in February.
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A Family Together: Put Your Lent Face On
by Jean Larkin
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Bits O’ Wisdom: From Ashes to Easter
The essence of Lent is so much more than a dark smudge on the forehead.
Celebrating Saints … Charles of Sezze
by Patricia Mathson
CLICK HERE for a pdf about St. Charles of Sezze and some of the other feast days in January.
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The Bread Rises
Easter is a reminder for us all to be the leaven in society.
The Margin of Victory
It seems that as a people, we are obsessed with winning.
A Family Together: Three Lenten Practices
Wednesday, February 18, is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. During Lent we make extra efforts to follow Jesus as we remember the days leading up to his crucifixion and death. There are many ways to do this, but there are three special ways we do this. Begin with the first letter, indicated by the arrow, and write that letter and every other letter on the lines given as you go around the circle. Keep going until you’ve run out of letters. You will discover these three special ways you can celebrate Lent.
