SEASONS & CELEBRATIONS
Keeping the Feast: soup to nourish the body on Holy Thursday, Good Friday
Dad was a very creative cook and he enjoyed inventing pasta dishes and soups, especially before Easter to lighten mom’s load as she concentrated on creating the classic and long-awaited dinner when the family celebrated the Resurrection after Mass in St. Peter Church, Point Pleasant Beach.
Papal Holy Week, Easter schedule released, available on EWTN
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has released Pope Francis’ schedule for Holy Week and Easter Sunday 2019.
A Message From Bishop O'Connell: Late arrival does not diminish the life-giving power of Easter
This year, 2019, Easter Sunday falls on April 21. That will not happen again until 2030. By all accounts, April 21 is one of the latest dates on which Easter can occur, the latest of which is April 25, which will not happen until 2038. While these are interesting facts …
Easter hope: God in our future
At a cafe in Chicago, I was chatting with a British former journalist and economist who is currently director of social responsibility and sustainability at a large European company.
At Easter, the stones of sin, despair, are rolled away, Pope says at vigil
VATICAN CITY – As individuals and as a Church, it can be tempting to dwell on mistakes, failures and sins that block the fullness of life, but Easter is the proclamation that the Lord is victorious and his love will triumph, Pope Francis said."Easter is the feast of tombstones taken …
Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, Pope says at Easter
ROME – As the machine of warfare continues to churn out more dangerous weaponry, only the power and joy of Christ's resurrection can fill hearts with comfort and peace, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.
Continuing Easter celebrations, Pope again prays for Sri Lanka
VATICAN CITY – On Easter Monday, Pope Francis led thousands of people in St. Peter's Square in praying for the hundreds of people who died or were injured in bomb blasts the previous day in Sri Lanka.
Faithful around Diocese celebrate Risen Lord on Easter Sunday
The sun shone brightly on faithful from around the Diocese as thousands gathered on Easter Sunday to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. In two of the Diocese’s parishes – St. Joan of Arc, Marlton, and St. Isidore the Farmer, New Egypt – faith, new life and a sense of …
Blessing of the Baskets in Lakewood helps keep faith in the Easter feast
Hours would pass before Kasia Pawka, her husband, Jacek and their daughters Marta and Ula could breakfast on the culinary treasures that filled the woven reed basket sitting tucked between them on a pew in Lakewood’s St. Mary of the Lake Church.
A message from Bishop O'Connell: Easter faith in God's mercy will defeat sin
Good and evil are deeply rooted in humankind; they coexist. When God created the world, however, Scripture tells us, “God looked at everything he had made and found it very good (Genesis 1: 31).” How did evil originate? The Book of Genesis goes on to talk about the “Garden …
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