Here are some suggestions to help your family know, love and serve God more deeply and fruitfully during Lent this year. Remember, however, that Lent is not really about anything you do or read, buy ...

Our traditional Lenten practices can certainly be shared with the younger members of the Church, helping us to pray together as parishes, schools and families. The Stations of the Cross are explained ...

Lent is a time when Catholics around the world are invited to pray, fast, and give alms as the Church prepares to enter once again into the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ. It is a time ...

With Easter approaching, the Rev. Anne Kitch, an Episcopal priest at Cathedral Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and the mother of two young daughters, wondered how she could help children ...

One of my most respected spiritual mentors once recounted to me her first experience of choosing not to “do” Lent – she was a student, away from home and the strongly enforced parental supervision of ...

Throughout Lent, Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton will focus on the spiritual habit of spending time with God by encouraging kids and families to spend some extra time reading the Bible. With ...

332 Elizabeth St., Sewickley. 412-741-7688. antiochfwbaptistsewickley.org. Morning worship and praise service is at 10:45 a.m. First Sunday Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. First Friday virtual Bible ...

While interviewing children for their first Reconciliation, I asked Tommy what "penance" was. He answered without hesitation: "It's sort of like a time-out." A young mother told me that when her ...

On March 19, Family and Friends Day will celebrate Antioch’s ushers and missionaries. The service begins at 10:45 a.m. Pastor Verton L. Dean Sr. will bring forth the message. The theme this year is ...

The eight kids were children of men and women serving in the military, mostly serving in Iraq. They’d been brought to Minnesota State University for the day to let them know they weren’t alone, to ...

Lent 2025: Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads on Lent and why do Christians give things up for this festival before Easter? Why do Christians mark themselves with ...