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After 11 months of giving up, what is there left to give up this Lent?
Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic’s response to Lent is giving up, as in “What are you giving up for Lent?”
If you haven’t been keeping track, Catholics in the United States and worldwide – just about everyone, really – have been giving up a lot since the coronavirus pandemic struck 11 months ago, with no clearly defined end in sight. You would need the fingers on both hands to name some of the things that have been lost, not to mention nearly a half-million lives lost in the U.S. alone.
After 11 months, what is there left to give up this Lent?
People in Cambridge, Md., pray in their cars on Easter April 12, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
By Mark Pattison • Catholic News Service • Posted February 12, 2021
WASHINGTON (CNS) Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic’s response to Lent is giving up, as in “What are you giving up for Lent?”
If you haven’t been keeping track, Catholics in the United States and worldwide just about everyone, really have been giving up a lot since the coronavirus pandemic struck 11 months ago, with no clearly defined end in sight. You would need the fingers on both hands to name some of the things that have been lost, not to mention nearly a half-million lives lost in the U.S. alone.
Feb. 11, 2021 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic s response to Lent is giving up, as in What are you giving up for Lent? If you haven t been keeping track, Catholics in the United States and worldwide just about everyone, really have been giving up a lot since the coronavirus pandemic struck 11 months ago, with no clearly defined end in sight. You would need the fingers on both hands to name some of the things that have been lost, not to mention nearly a half-million lives lost in the U.S. alone. So, given all that, how should a Catholic approach Lent this year?
Dec 15, 2020 catholic news service
Paul Jarzembowski, an assistant director in the U.S. bishops Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, is pictured in Rome in this 2017 photo. Jarzembowski is the secretariat s assistant director of youth and young adult ministries and lay ecclesial ministry. (Credit: Junno Arocho Esteves/CNS.)
There was a recurring theme during a Dec. 7-11 young adult ministry conference: Zoom encounters were adequate in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they quickly became a poor substitute for in-person ministry and worship.
WASHINGTON, D.C. There was a recurring theme during a Dec. 7-11 young adult ministry conference: Zoom encounters were adequate in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they quickly became a poor substitute for in-person ministry and worship.