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Lent is a season of reflection and spiritual refocusing during the 40 days leading up to Easter. And while the period is known for abstinence and special days of fasting, Catholic culture also makes room for Lenten food traditions that build community, raise funds for charity — and bring joy. br />
When Kathleen Garces-Foley, professor of religion studies at Marymount University in Arlington, began work on a new campus ministry study alongside an impressive team of co-investigators in 2019, she never could have imagined conducting research during a pandemic.
Joseph Olmo, a senior at The Catholic University of America in Washington, always knew a career in broadcast journalism was his path. Now Olmo, a media and communication studies student, works full-time as a news anchor for WDVM-TV while balancing his time as a student.
“How will I keep my faith in college?” This question has troubled teenagers and parents alike as institutions of higher education move further into the grip of secularism. A faithful Catholic education drew Florida native Caroline Lancaster to Christendom College in Front Royal — the seventh member of her family to attend the college.
It’s been a year now since we began the Lent that seemed to never end. All the forces of the world out there seemed to work against a holy and meaningful Lent. And then, Easter came and we were locked out of the churches, kept separate from one another. What is so interesting to me is how that unusual Lent propelled so many people deeper into the practices that pull us away from what we want in Lent. What a party the devil had in the depths of our despair.
We buried my Mom this week. Seven months ago, I first drove her to her new memory care facility. My heart was breaking. She was so scared and vulnerable, but was trying so hard to be brave. My brother said it was like taking your kid to preschool for the first time. And never going back to pick her up.
Many people who have come close to dying report having had a near-death experience (NDE). An NDE is a lucid experience associated with perceived consciousness apart from the body occurring at the time of actual or threatened imminent death. NDEs typically encompass several sensations, including being outside one’s physical body, feelings of peace and joy, and moving in a tunnel toward a loving bright light.
ROME — Used at the Easter vigil and at baptisms and funerals, the paschal candle symbolizes Christ who brings light and hope to a world lost in the darkness of sin and death.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of one of Princes William and Harry's 19th-century ancestors as well as the causes of three Italian nuns who died from the Ebola virus while ministering to patients in Congo.
The transfiguration is encouragement for us
As we follow Christ further into the wilderness of Lent, our Gospel for this Sunday presents us with a bit of a surprise: The transfiguration. We might have expected a passage about prayer, fasting, or almsgiving, or perhaps repentance. Instead, we have Mark 9:2-10, where Peter, James and John behold the glory of God radiating through Christ’s humanity.