As millions of Filipino Catholics flock to churches in their homeland and their host countries overseas for the annual ritual of the laying of ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Tagle appealed for donations for It will celebrate them today — Ash Wednesday — and throughout Lent. Members come from […]
Wright-Patt Credit Union lent $300 million in home financing to its 2500 members last year, the credit union announced Tuesday. Wright-Patt Credit Union Inc. lent $300 million in home financing to its 2500 members last year, the credit union announced More than one in five British adults is planning to observe the Christian season of […]
I am terrible at Lent. I never seem to get it right. I can't stick to what I've given up or remain dedicated to what I've promised to do. The best I can muster is reading a book relating to Lent and a fish fry or two. Terrible, I know. Singer Susan Boyle has become […]
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Fat Tuesday. I'm heading on over to celebrate Mardi Gras over at Jacqueline's place, hosted by Halle, Calle, Sukki, MommyCat and Daddycat. I tried to talk Miss Cory into going with me, but she's still worried about her This Mardi Gras, put your regular pancake recipe on the back burner, and mix in a few […]
Campus Ministry will add a 5 p.m. Ash Wednesday Mass to the regular schedule (7 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.) in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Mass at the School of Law in Minneapolis will take place at noon in the atrium. FASTING: Catholics who are 18 year old and up, until their 59th […]
New Orleans' infamous French Quarter is awash in memorable sights and sounds, especially during the busiest and most colorful weekend of the year – the one just before Mardi Gras Day. However, a strict tightening of the city's curfew policy means New Orleans' infamous French Quarter is awash in memorable sights and sounds, especially during […]
Will Ferrell took on the role of King of the Bacchus parade during Mardi Gras on February 19, 2012 in New Orleans, LA. For me, Mardi Gras has significance not as a day of indulgence, but, like Christmas Eve perhaps, as a day that precedes a particularly solemn season. To most of us, the after […]
This Lent provides us with a most rare opportunity to consecrate ourselves to Mary according to de Montfort's method. Due to highly exceptional circumstances, one could begin the preparation this year on Ash Wednesday The word “Lent” means “spring.” In the Church it refers to the forty day period leading up to Easter, beginning on […]
In the spirit of Lent, we, as University students who are privileged in so many ways, can give up small comforts in order to realize what we can do without. Sometimes, it is only when we are pushed to our limits that we realize what we are able to The folks at Aggie Catholics have […]