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Posted February 24, 2021 Catholic Relief Services’ annual Lenten campaign, which combines prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, helps those in need at home and abroad, said Archbishop Nelson Pérez. As an example of “faith in action,” Rice Bowl enables participants to “find the face of Christ.” In a time of crisis CatholicPhilly.com keeps the information flowing During the current coronavirus crisis, you can help CatholicPhilly.com deliver the kind of news people need to know about the Catholic Church, especially in the Philadelphia region, and the world in which we live ― every day. Budgets are tight at this time, and CatholicPhilly s is no different than those of most families. We make sure your donation in any amount will go a long way toward continuing our mission to inform, form in the Catholic faith and inspire the thousands of readers who visit every month. ....
Becoming a missionary disciple through Lent Dr. Tom Catena, a Catholic lay missionary from the United States, examines a patient during rounds at the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a village in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. Lent invites us to become missionary disciples by reaching those who are marginalized and underserved. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey) By Colleen Campbell • Catholic News Service • Posted February 19, 2021 In his 2013 apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), Pope Francis spoke of his dream for a “missionary option” (No. 27). To Pope Francis, this “option” is a new order of priorities in the everyday reality of ministry within the life of the church that moves from an outlook of self-preservation to evangelization. ....
CHICAGO (WLS) To celebrate Ash Wednesday 2021, churches got creative with cotton swabs, sprinkling and outdoor services to stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually ashes are applied by hand to the forehead, but this year at Holy Name Cathedral safety measures included hand sanitizer, face masks and no physical contact. Ashes today will not be imposed on the forehead as we usually do, said Bishop Robert Casey. Rather, they will be sprinkled upon the head of each person. Sprinkling ashes is one of the method approved by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Stations were set up both inside the church and out throughout the day where people could receive ashes. ....
Posted February 18, 2021 Catholics gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, for Ash Wednesday Mass with the distribution of ashes Feb. 17 celebrated by Archbishop Nelson Perez. Ash Wednesday began the penitential season of Lent for Christians worldwide. Read about the Mass including the archbishop’s homily here. (Photos by Sarah Webb) Archbishop Nelson Perez marks a person’s head with ashes, calling him to “repent and believe in the Gospel.” Archbishop Perez sprinkles holy water to bless the ashes, made from the burned palms of last year’s Palm Sunday. Bishop John McIntyre marks the archbishop with ashes. ....
At the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, there will be a 12:10 p.m. Mass and another at 5 p.m. that will be streamed live. The church will open at 11 a.m. Church leaders at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in west Houston plan to follow their planned schedule, but were understanding of the circumstances facing parishioners. We will also distribute ashes at the Sunday Mass this coming weekend, the first Sunday of Advent, for those of you who did not receive them Wednesday, Father William Bueche said in a notice on the church s website. St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is offering four celebrations Wednesday at 6:45 a.m., 8:05 a.m., 12:10 p.m., and 6 p.m. ....