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Bishop Bejarano of San Diego: how to bring Lent homePrayer, fasting, penitence

Bishop Bejarano of San Diego: how to bring Lent home
Prayer, fasting, penitence

Lent begins this year on Feb. 17, Ash Wednesday. Last year at this time, the pandemic was gathering steam and restrictions to our daily life caught us by surprise. Sadly, this year, we know that road

Lent questions and answers from the San Jose diocese paperLavish seafood buffet misses the point

Lent questions and answers from the San Jose diocese paper
Lavish seafood buffet misses the point

Q. Why do we say that there are forty days of Lent? When you count all the days from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, there are 46. A. It might be more accurate

No fasting for San Jose Catholics who celebrate Chinese New Year

No fasting for San Jose Catholics who celebrate Chinese New Year

Dispensation from Abstinence for The First Day of the Lunar New Year, Feb 16, 2018 I am pleased to inform you that Bishop Patrick J. McGrath has granted a dispensation from the Lenten

Lent is over. Now what?

Lent is over. Now what?

Once the Easter Triduum is over and Catholics cast off their Lenten penances, what comes next? Was Lent just one big detox program, and is the Easter Season a marathon of steak dinners, chocolate eggs, Netflix

What’s the point of fasting?

What’s the point of fasting?

God commanded it, Jesus practiced it, Church Fathers have preached the importance of it – fasting is a powerful and fundamental part of the Christian life.

But for many Catholics today, it’s more

What ever became of Advent fasting and penance?

What ever became of Advent fasting and penance?

The following comes from a December 13 Community in Mission article by Msgr. Charles Pope: I was explaining to a new Catholic recently that the reason the color purple (violet) is used

Bishops urge daily Rosary, fast and abstinence on Fridays

Bishops urge daily Rosary, fast and abstinence on Fridays

The following comes from a Dec. 6 press release issued by the U.S. bishops.

The U.S. Catholic bishops have launched a pastoral strategy addressing critical life, marriage and religious liberty concerns. The five-part strategy

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