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Easter / Lent News
Reflection: Let us Apply the Splint of the Cross to our Fractured Freedom Watch

Let us keep before us over these next few days this poignant insight from the Catechism: "The more one does what is good, the freer one ... continue reading
Popes Homily at Penance Service in St Peters Basilica on Friday March 28, 2014

In the period of Lent, the Church, in the name of God, renews the call to conversion. It is the call to change one's life. Conversion is ... continue reading
St. Augustine: A Samaritan Woman Came to Draw Water

Jesus answered her and said: If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, âGive me a drink,â perhaps you ... continue reading
Courageous Cardinal George Challenges Us to Use Lent as a Time to Take Stock of Our Lives Watch

Lent 2014 brings the death and resurrection of the Lord more insistently into the horizon of our lives. Before the Lord, we are all ... continue reading
Deacon Fred Bartels: Ash Wednesday As a Moment of Decision Watch

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a season that ends at the start of the Mass of the Lord´s Supper in the ... continue reading
This Ash Wednesday, take Lent to the next level

This Ash Wednesday, Catholics are invited to do something exceptional for Lent. We often make sacrifices that mean something to us, but we ... continue reading
What are YOU DOING this Lent? Watch

As Lent approaches, it's an opportunity to consider what we can do to make ourselves and the world around us a better place. It is ... continue reading
On the Fast Track: Approaching Lent with Living Faith

Catechesis teaches us what to believe and how to behave, but Catholics also need down to earth advice for putting their faith into ... continue reading
The Surprise of Easter Watch

To make sure that all mankind knows that it is not over but actually just beginning, God has an Easter bombshell. While we may have been ... continue reading
What a Day! What a Way, the Easter Way, Alleluia! Watch

Have you have heard the old adage, used often in a disparaging way, He�s so heavenly he is no earthly good. I suggest again that ... continue reading
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Easter 2025 / Lent 2025
Begins on Wednesday March 5th, 2025
Ends on Thursday April 17th, 2025
'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead'
Lent Event
Importance
Stations of the Cross
Every Friday
Stations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours (or Passion) of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion... continue reading
Living Lent
March 5th, 2025 - April 17th, 2025
Commit to your faith and choose to 'live' Lent. Join our 40-day challenge to authentically live the Lenten season. Get inspired, don't just observe Lent, live it!... continue reading
Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday
March 4th, 2025
In France, the people feasted on foods that would be given up during the forty days of Lent. Meats, eggs, and milk were finished off in one day, giving the holiday its French title of 'Mardi Gras' which means Fat Tuesday... continue reading
Ash Wednesday
March 5th, 2025
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting... continue reading
Palm Sunday
April 13th, 2025
Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in all four canonical Gospels... continue reading
Holy Week
April 13th, 2025 – April 19th, 2025
On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the first joy of the season, as we celebrate Our Lord's triumphant entrance into Jerusalem where he was welcomed by... continue reading
Holy Thursday / Last Supper
April 17th, 2025
Holy Thursday is the most complex and profound of all religious observances. It celebrates his last supper with the disciples, a celebration of Passover... continue reading
Good Friday
April 18th, 2025
On Good Friday, each member of the Church tries to understand at what cost Christ has won our redemption. In the solemn ceremonies of Holy Week... continue reading
Easter Sunday
April 20th, 2025
Easter is the principal feast of the ecclesiastical year. Leo I calls it the greatest feast, and says that Christmas is celebrated only in preparation for Easter... continue reading
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Ascension of Our Lord
Thursday May 29th, 2025
The Ascension of Our Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation, celebrates the day that Christ, in the presence of His apostles, ascended bodily into Heaven. The Ascension occurred on the 40th day of Easter, a Thursday... continue reading
Pentecost
Sunday June 8, 2025
Pentecost Sunday is one of the most ancient feasts of the Church, celebrated early enough to be mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (20:16) and Corinthians (16:8)... continue reading
Fasting and Abstinence
Every Friday
For most people the easiest practice to consistently fulfill will be the traditional one, to abstain from meat on all Fridays of the year. During Lent abstinence from meat on Fridays is obligatory in the... continue reading
What did you give up for Lent?
All of Lent
From the humorous to the bizarre, people have had interesting Lenten experiences. Tell us about what you are going to give up for this Lenten Year... continue reading
Everything answered from when does lent end, ashes, giving something up, stations of the cross and blessed palms. The key to understanding the meaning of Lent is simple... continue reading
The Resurrection of Jesus is the crowning truth of our faith in Christ, a faith believed and lived as the central truth by the first Christian community... continue reading
The Easter Bunny is a symbol of Easter that is popular in western culture, especially with children. According to folklore, the Easter Bunny hides Easter eggs for children to find on Easter morning... continue reading
He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said. - Matthew 28:6. Learn more about the Post-Resurrection Appearances of Jesus Christ... continue reading
Catholic Online Shopping offers a variety of Easter gifts & Easter treats for all ages! Choose a gift for someone special and celebrate the joy of Easter... continue reading
Easter / Lent News
Did you know the Catholic Church has a birthday? Watch

Happy birthday to the Catholic Church! Happy birthday to you, who are the body of the Church! LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - We're all ... continue reading
Happy Easter: The Tomb is Empty! Love Has Triumphed Watch

WeÃÂ find the purpose of eternity revealed in the temporal realities of every today. The real "stuff" of our mundane daily lives ... continue reading
We Have Been Raised with Christ. Easter is More Than a Day; it is a Way Watch

Easter is more than a Day, it is a Way; A Way of living our lives differently now in Him. We are invited to do that by living them in His ... continue reading
5 Beautiful scriptures to remind you what Easter is all about Watch

This Easter, make sure to take a moment with your family to thank Jesus for his amazing sacrifice. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Turn ... continue reading
The surprising origins of the Easter Bunny -- it's not what you think! Watch

The Easter Bunny is a symbol of Easter that is popular in western culture, especially with children. According to folklore, the Easter ... continue reading
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