Ash Wednesday at St David’s Marist Inanda
Ash Wednesday at St David’s Marist Inanda celebrated by Fr Brian Mhlanga OP. The school prayed for Ukraine as per the wishes of Holy Father Pope Francis....
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Ash Wednesday at Marist Brother Linmeyer
Marist Brothers Linmeyer celebrated Ash Wednesday. After liturgy readings and a talk by Fr Eduardo Gabriel CS, staff, students and parents received ashes on their foreheads to...
Pope on Ash Wednesday: Those who seek worldly rewards never find peace
By Carol Glatz – Prayer, charity and fasting have a medicinal power to purify oneself, help others and change history, Pope Francis wrote in a homily read...
Pope’s Message for Lent: Do good unto others, ditch digital addictions
By Carol Glatz – Christians must persevere in generously doing good in the world, bolstered by prayer and by fighting evil in their own lives, including an...
Pope: Fast on Ash Wednesday for Ukraine
By Junno Arocho Esteves- As the threat of war loomed over the world, Pope Francis called on people to pray and fast for peace in Ukraine on...
Ash Wednesday Prayer
Ash Wednesday is on March 2 this year and it begins the 40 days of Lent leading up to Easter
Lent 3.0: Third Lent in Pandemic Offers Chance for Spiritual Reset
By Carol Zimmermann – Lent, the spiritual season of prayer and sacrifice, has an extra pull to it this year because once again — and now for...
Ash Wednesday Sermon: Inner Attitudes: Prayer-Fasting-Almsgiving-Love
Sermon by Emmanuel Suntheni OSB First Reading: Joel 2: 12-18 Psalm: Psalms 51: 3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14, 17 Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5: 20-6:2 Gospel: Matthew 6:...
SACBC Lenten Appeal 2021
My dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “My dear people, since God has loved us so much, we too should love one another…” (1 Jn. 4:11). I...
Ash Wednesday: The Beginning of the Way Through
By Chris McDonnell So many of the pieces created by the Yorkshire sculptor Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) involve the piercing of wood or stone, finding a way through...
Pope to Celebrate Ash Wednesday at Vatican, Skipping Station Churches
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass February 17 in St Peter’s Basilica rather than making the traditional walk from the Church of...
