Lorene Hanley Duquin

Lorene Hanley Duquin is a Catholic author and lecturer who has worked in parishes and on a diocesan level.

Simple Holy Week customs transcend cultures, continents

April 11, 2025
By Lorene Hanley Duquin
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter

From baking sweet breads to blessing baskets, Holy Week is full of long-standing traditions that transcend cultures and continents. The following list includes a quick overview of family favorites.

10 reasons to come back to the Catholic Church

March 29, 2025
By Lorene Hanley Duquin
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Evangelization

Most people discover that coming back to the church is not an event as much as it is a process that involves a little pain, a little laughter, some thinking, some prayer, some discernment and a lot of letting go.

8 ways to live a merciful life

January 11, 2025
By Lorene Hanley Duquin
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Disaster Relief

We tend to think of “mercy” as compassion or sympathy, but the word has a much deeper meaning. It is more than feeling sorry for someone. Having mercy means that we enter into the other person’s suffering.

How to help a grieving friend

October 9, 2024
By Lorene Hanley Duquin
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary

There is no magic formula for dealing with a grieving person. The best way to reach out to someone will depend on your relationship with that person and where he or she is in the grieving process.

10 reasons we ‘have to’ go to Mass

July 25, 2024
By Lorene Hanley Duquin
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments

We need ritual in our lives. Mass is a ritual, which means that through the repetition of prayers, movements, and the changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, we are formed, disciplined and consoled.