• Archbishop Nienstedt Holds the Line

    Updated: 2012-02-08 15:00:00

  • Ramping Up for Lent

    Updated: 2012-02-07 07:30:40
    About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Ramping Up for Lent By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide February 7, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About lent easter the latin mass septuagesima ash wednesday Because the date of Easter changes every year see When Is Easter the beginning of Lent the 40-day period of penance and preparation before Easter , changes also . See When Is Lent for details . In the traditional Roman Catholic calendar , the one still used today in the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass the Traditional Latin Mass the preparation for Lent has already begun . The three Sundays

  • Novena of the Week: To the Holy Family

    Updated: 2012-02-07 07:00:42
    : About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Novena of the Week : To the Holy Family By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide February 7, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About the holy family prayers for february novenas ash wednesday clean monday February is the Month of the Holy Family so what better way to mark the month than with a Novena to the Holy Family This novena is also particularly appropriate as our novena this week , as we make our final preparations for the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday or , for Eastern Catholics , on Clean Monday The Holy Family should always be the model for our own family life ,

  • The Return of Real Rubrics?

    Updated: 2012-02-06 18:19:46

  • The Lush of the Irish

    Updated: 2012-02-06 07:00:35
    About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum The Lush of the Irish By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide February 6, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About saint patrick fasting abstinence lent catholic holidays So there I was , at a free beer tasting at the Olympic Tavern in Rockford , Illinois , and all I could think about was poor old Saint Patrick I suppose it was inevitable after all , the beer tasting was six weeks to the day before Saint Patrick's Day and one of the beers the Olympic Tavern was serving was Guinness Foreign Extra Stout . As I sipped the exceedingly small sample of this extraordinary beer

  • Why Is Good Friday Called Good?

    Updated: 2012-02-03 07:00:39
    About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Why Is Good Friday Called Good By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide February 3, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About good friday ash wednesday lent catholic faqs Ash Wednesday is still a little less than three weeks away and Good Friday is exactly nine but readers are already asking a question that arises every Lent Why is Good Friday called good It seems a bit odd to call the day on which the Savior of mankind was crucified a good day . So how did this name arise You might be surprised to find out that we don't actually know the historical origins of why Good Friday

  • Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes

    Updated: 2012-02-02 07:30:00
    About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Pray the Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide February 2, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About our lady of lourdes the virgin mary saint bernadette novenas saint mary oratory February 11 is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes , which celebrates the first appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette . Soubirous Over the course of five months , the Mother of God appeared to Saint Bernadette 18 times , declaring , on one visit , that I am the Immaculate Conception On another , she told Saint Bernadette to drink from a fountain ,

  • February: The Month of the Holy Family

    Updated: 2012-02-02 07:00:58
    : About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum February : The Month of the Holy Family By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide February 2, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About the holy family prayers for february saint joseph the virgin mary jesus christ In January , the Catholic Church celebrated the Month of the Holy Name of Jesus and in February , we turn to the entire Holy Family--Jesus , Mary , and . Joseph In sending His Son to earth as a Baby , born into a family , God elevated the family beyond a mere natural institution . Our own family life reflects that lived by Christ , in obedience to His mother and

  • When Does Lent End? It Depends

    Updated: 2012-01-31 07:30:34
    About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum When Does Lent End It Depends By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 31, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About ash wednesday good friday lent palm sunday fasting Whenever I discuss Ash Wednesday and Good Friday as I have recently , I know the next question that readers will ask . With thoughts of Lent firmly planted in their heads , they're already looking forward to the end of the Lenten fast Thus the question : When does Lent end In the past , I've always answered the question that I assumed readers were really asking : When can I start eating chocolate

  • Novena of the Week: In Honor of Saint Scholastica

    Updated: 2012-01-31 07:00:12
    : About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Novena of the Week : In Honor of Saint Scholastica By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 31, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About novenas saint benedict monasticism saint scholastica holiness In our novena of the week this week , we honor the twin sister of Saint Benedict of Nursia founder of the Benedictine order and Western monasticism and the patron saint of Europe . Saint Scholastica , however , did not live her life in her more famous brother's shadow . Indeed , some contemporary writers credit her with inspiring Saint Benedict to found the monastery at

  • When Is Good Friday This Year?

    Updated: 2012-01-27 07:00:08
    About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum When Is Good Friday This Year By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 27, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About good friday 2012 holidays lent the rosary confession Good Friday 2012 is only ten weeks . away Wait only Ten weeks may seem like a lot of time , but come Good Friday many of us will be looking back at Lent and wondering where the time has . gone We enter Lent each year with good intentions . We make our Lenten sacrifices we plan to pray more often and to make daily Lenten readings from Scripture we intend to work on bad habits that undermine our

  • George Niederauer's Last Hurrah = the Death of Catholic Hospitals?

    Updated: 2012-01-26 15:00:00

  • AS099 Ask Sister – Mass fracas over word changes in liturgy, unruly use of church rules, where to find a spiritual mentor, does God have plans for the world

    Updated: 2012-01-19 14:08:55
    AS099 Ask Sister podcast recorded live on January 19, 2012. Sponsored by aNunsLife.org ministry. Topics include: Mass fracas over word changes in liturgy, unruly use of church rules, finding a spiritual mentor, does God have plans for the world, and more! Click PLAY below or right-click here to download the MP3. Subscribe to A Nun’s [...]

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