For Catholics, first in-person chrism Mass in two years is like a reunion April 14, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, World News For many U.S. dioceses, this year marked the first chrism Mass to draw a capacity crowd of congregants since before the pandemic. For the last two years, COVID-19 turned most in-person liturgies into livestreamed events.
Grace of priesthood is given for service, not priests’ glory, pope says April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News With some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing the promises made at their ordinations, Pope Francis celebrated the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 14.
St. Ambrose parishioners reach out to Park Heights community April 11, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News Capuchin Franciscan Father Paul Zaborowski, pastor of St. Ambrose, led a team of parishioners through parish neighborhoods on the vigil of Palm Sunday, inviting residents to Easter Sunday liturgies by leaving hundreds of invitation cards and palm crosses in mailboxes and on doors and windshields.
Let’s Go on a Pilgrimage April 10, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window Weeks ago, one of my colleagues suggested that we go on a retreat. It sounded wonderful, but I thought it might be impossible. Spring is an incredibly busy time at work. Would we ever be able to step away? We picked a possible day to go, but I wasn’t sure it would happen. Something would […]
A Tribute to Tuna April 7, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window From sea to can to dinner plate, A tuna feast is quite first-rate.
5 things to know about Holy Week April 7, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Lent, Local News, News Five things Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore should know about the upcoming Holy Week:
How to work for mercy at home April 4, 2022By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Lent The works of mercy call us to look closer: to see those around us as Christ, too. Often it’s easier to say we love humanity, but harder to love the human beings in our own home.
Deepening the joy of Easter April 4, 2022By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Feature, Lent the Easter season is a time to open our hearts more widely and more gratefully to God our Father who has come to our rescue by sending us his Son who died and rose for our salvation.
While it is still dark April 3, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window So often we cannot see the light. We might be overcome with worry or fear or sadness or uncertainty. Not knowing what lies ahead, we might not know where to begin.
A Crazy Mixed-up Lunch March 29, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window When I got back to my desk at work, I opened the bag and realized I had the other customer’s lunch.
Try to see the love March 22, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Lent, Open Window Go home and find a crucifix, the priest said. Sit and hold it and really look at it.
Friday fish fries are starting to come back this Lent March 16, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News Lenten Friday fish fries, a staple at many Catholic parishes in some regions of the United States, were among the many things put on the back burner during the coronavirus pandemic.
