Simple Holy Week customs transcend cultures, continents April 11, 2025By 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, 2025By 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, 2025By 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, 2024By 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, 2024By 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.
How to celebrate Sunday as a Catholic June 24, 2024By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Worship & Sacraments What implications does our round-the-clock world have on our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being?
50 days of Easter spirit March 28, 2024By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter Most people don’t think in terms of Easter spirit. Yet the Easter season is a time that is filled with a spirit of joy and hope.
A Holy Week FAQ: Why the ‘Passion’? What’s Tenebrae? And why does Easter’s date change? March 20, 2024By Lorene Hanley Duquin OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Lent, News, World News A quick FAQ guide to Catholics’ Holy Week vocabulary and key history.
