Every year before Easter Sunday, Christians worldwide engage in a time of solemn contemplation known as Lent. Lent is a period of roughly 40 days before Resurrection Sunday that begins with Ash ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together as parishes, schools and families. The Stations of the Cross are explained ...

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