Each week of Lent, this reflection series will provide ways to incorporate global solidarity and the struggles of our brothers and sisters throughout the world into your Lenten journey. Here […]
First Sunday of Lent Matthew 4:1-11 The first reading for this first weekend of Lent is from the Book of Genesis. Few passages in the Scriptures are as abundant in […]
At the National Prayer Breakfast this month, President Donald Trump promised to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment “and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of […]
Abstinence from eating meat is obligatory for all Roman Catholics 14 years of age and older on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all Fridays during Lent. Fasting is obligatory for […]
NOTRE DAME — “Sin, Mercy, and the Vision of God in the Book of Exodus” will be presented by Professor John Cavadini as the first in a three-part Lenten lecture […]
Every year, Mike Sumpter can count on the Rekindle the Fire diocesan men’s conference to provide something he needs: spiritual adrenaline. “This conference,” said Sumpter, a parishioner and extraordinary minister […]
This Lent you are invited to encounter your brothers and sisters around the world through participation in Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl. Throughout our diocese, over 70 parishes, schools and […]
I want to share something very personal and, in my mind, significant and relevant to readers, but I don’t want to come off as braggy or know-it-all. In fact, there […]
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 6:24-34 For its first reading this weekend, the church presents a rather short selection from the final part of the Book of Isaiah. By […]
There are few practices that seem as distinctively Catholic as fasting and, in particular, abstinence. Fasting may be broadly defined as partially or completely refraining from eating, while abstinence means […]
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 5:38-48 The first reading is from the Book of Leviticus, one of the five books of the Pentateuch, the Torah, the basic revelation by […]
Orthodoxy is a multivalent term. It can refer in a more restricted or special sense to our brothers and sisters in the Eastern churches, and is often associated with particular […]
