SEASONS & CELEBRATIONS

Understanding the RCIA and our role in it

Denise Contino, diocesan director of the Department of Catechesis, sat down for a Q and A with The Monitor ...

Flavorful Fridays: The beauty of the uncooked meal

As much as I love cooking, there are some days when putting something in the oven...

Vices are 'beasts' of the soul that need taming, Pope says at Angelus

Vices, such as vanity and greed, are like "wild beasts" of the soul ...

Flavorful Fridays: In cooking and in prayer, time is valuable

Some recipes, like our lives, require more time for the ingredients to come together.

Acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli says faith is believing in the power of good

For one brief moment at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic...

Papal preacher takes to social media during Lent

he cardinal accustomed to preaching to Popes and officials...

From 'Becket' to 'Big George Foreman': 6 Lent-worthy movies with conversion tales

Lent is intended to be a period of ongoing or renewed ...

Pope gives seminarians Lenten goals

During Lent, Pope Francis said, Catholics – and especially Catholic seminarians – should rediscover ...

The Stations of the Cross help us make sense of suffering

Christians know the life of a disciple will not be easy.

LENT 2024: What should I do?

Lent is traditionally a time for prayer and fasting.

Fasting and abstinence: More than laws of the church

As the penitential season of Lent begins, we Catholics...

Five great Lenten reads

The season of Lent is an ideal time to grow in the spiritual life. Here are five great reads to help you on your way.

Let God choose your Lent

"What are you giving up for Lent?" For many Catholics, the question appears almost automatically.

Ash Wednesday 2024: “Repent and Believe The Gospel”

Ashes are an ancient symbol, cultural and biblical, ...

Lenten retreat: Book helps people explore Pope's teaching on belonging

Pope Francis's concern for migrants and refugees, his focus on ecology....


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