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Lent: A season of spiritual preparation.

Lent is a period of fasting leading up to Easter. The season is rooted in the 40-day fast of Jesus in the wilderness. Catholic Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, and ends right before the evening Masses of…
FrontPage

Is this year’s Lent another season for “giving up” something?

When asked what Catholics are doing for Lent this year, they will probably mention giving up a favourite food, a beloved pastime, or anything else they cherish but isn't essential in their lives.
Many people, unfortunately, view Lent merely as a time to “give up something.” They…
Winning Family

The Role of Lent in the Perfection of Our Being

So soon, we are looking forward to another Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten Season. How time flies?

Can we consider what last year's Lent achieved for us in the past year? Can I say I am gaining more understanding of my faith and…
Our FaithOur Faith
An Invitation to Enter the Desert with Christ
As we begin this Lenten season this Wednesday, we are called to enter the desert with Christ; to turn away from sin and towards our God. Many…
Catholic LivingCatholic Living
The Heavy Burdens We Carry
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation this past Saturday. I felt an intense and unexplainable urge to go and confess my…
Faith & BusinessFaith & Business
4 Ways To Optimise Your Lent Using Business Techniques
Catholic tradition sets aside the 40 days prior to Easter as a period of prayer, penance, and repentance. I typically head into Lent like most Catholics do,…
Young & CatholicYoung & Catholic
Young People Need Quiet Time, Too!
Personal reflection can lead to prayer.
Do you ever feel like life is one constant whirlwind of noise and non-stop action? You are not alone. For many…
Tonic For The SoulTonic For The Soul
Fasting and Abstinence
It is a traditional doctrine of Christian spirituality that a constituent part of repentance, of turning away from sin and back to God, includes some form of…
Saint Of The Month
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs who lived during the early persecution of the Church in Africa by the Emperor Severus.

With details concerning the…

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Pray for Those Who Left the Faith as You Walk the Stations of the Cross

Jubilee pilgrims, Rome’s Catholics pray for Pope Francis

South Africa Bishops urge racial healing as Trump condemns country’s land policy

Pope calls Gaza parish from hospital every night, pastor says

African bishop cautions Catholic journalists against compromising standards

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