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
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: 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
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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
Updated: 2012-01-24 07:30:31
About.com Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Share Your Catholic Blog By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 24, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About catholic blogs reader submissions readers' choice awards When I first decided to sponsor the About.com Catholicism Readers' Choice Awards I began thinking about how readers would discover Catholic blogs to nominate for Best Catholic Blog . I link out to other blogs fairly frequently , and I have a small and much neglected blogroll but there hundreds , if not thousands , of worthwhile Catholic blogs on the . web To make it easier for the readers of the
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: 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 Saint Blaise By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 24, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS Follow me : on Facebook Twitter See More : About saint blaise patron saints novenas martyrdom the precepts of the church Most Catholics have heard the name of Saint Blaise , and probably even have had their throats blessed on or near his feast day February 3 They might even know that we turn to Saint Blaise sometimes spelled Blase to protect us from ailments of the throat because he is said to have healed a boy who was choking on a fish . bone But did you know that , according to legend which
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Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Are You Ready for Mardi Gras By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 23, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS See More : About mardi gras fat tuesday ash wednesday lent fasting Mardi Gras is just a month away and I'm sure that down in New Orleans , the planning is in high . gear But while the Mardi Gras celebration in the Big Easy may have had its roots in French Catholic customs , it's hard to regard it as a religious holiday . anymore For Catholics , however , Mardi Gras cannot be separated from Ash Wednesday and the penitential season of Lent which gave rise to Fat Tuesday which is what Mardi Gras means in French
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Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum Review Your Favorite Catholic Books By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 20, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS See More : About catholic books catholic history catholic prayers reader submissions It's clear from the many nominations that they've made for the 2012 About.com Catholicism Readers' Choice Awards that the readers of the About.com GuideSite to Catholicism read a lot of Catholic books . Now you have a chance to share your thoughts on the Catholic books you've read with your fellow . readers I have set up a simple form that you can use to write a review of a Catholic book You can review your favorite
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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Home Religion Spirituality Catholicism Catholicism Search Catholicism Basics Seasons and Holidays Catholic Prayers Share Free Catholicism Newsletter Sign Up Discuss in my forum The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012 By Scott P . Richert About.com Guide January 18, 2012 My Bio Headlines Forum RSS See More : About ecumenism christian unity benedict xvi Every year , from January 18 through January 25, the Catholic Church , in conjunction with the World Council of Churches , celebrates the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity . The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2012 is We will all be changed by the Victory of our Lord Jesus Christ , a reference to 1 Corinthians : 15:51-58 Behold , I tell you a mystery . We shall all indeed rise again : but we shall not all be changed .
