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What is Lent? Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving Give Rise to Metanoia
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which sets the tone for the penitential season. The season focuses on the actions of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Many Catholics give something up for the entire...
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Holy Week
Holy Week is the whole week before Easter. Beginning with Palm Sunday, it includes the last days of lent and the Easter Triduum, except Easter Sunday. Palm Sunday – Fig Sunday Fig Sunday is an old name...
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Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday marks the transition from Lent into the Easter Triduum. At sunset, Lent comes to an end, and the celebration of the Great Three Days begins. Two celebrations take place on Holy Thursday:...
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Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday marks the first day of the Lenten season, a penitential period in preparation for the celebration of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ during the Easter Triduum. The ashes...
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History of Valentine’s Day
St. Valentine’s Day is February 14. It is rooted in Catholic history, but the history of Valentine’s Day is not well known. There are about three saints that could be the St. Valentine, and their...
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