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LENT: Ten ways to grow in holiness

Image of LENTEN ASHES - Bridgette Portelle of Vienna, Va., prays during a Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 6. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the season that calls Christians to prayer, fas ting, repentance and charity. (CNS/Bob Roller) <br>

Lenten customs are designed to help us enter into this holy season and grow in discipline and service. The word Lent means ... continue reading

Goodbye, fat: bariatric surgery works when ordinary diets don't seem to do the trick

BALTIMORE (The Catholic Review) - Ann Veilleux isn’t worried about her size 16 clothing going out of style. That’s because soon, ... continue reading

Tornado: How to survive when twisters strike

Image of IT'S A TWISTER - Tornado of May 23, 1973, in Union City, Okla., was the first that the National Severe Storms Laboratory was able to document on film during its entire life cycle. (NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory) <br>

CATHOLIC ONLINE - The terrible string of tornados that hit Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Alabama on Tuesday night and killed more than ... continue reading

Today's Lenten Meditation from Cardinal Van Thuan

Image of Meditation taken from " title="Meditation taken from "The Road of Hope," by Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan (Pauline Books & Media, 2000). Archbishop Van Thuan spent 13 years in a Viet Cong prison, nine of these in solitary confinement. He wrote more than 1,000 meditations on scraps of paper that were smuggled out to his people during his imprisonment. "The Road of Hope" is the collection of these messages. The archbishop was released in 1988 but remained under "house arrest" for three more years. Expelled from Vietnam, he served in the Vatican and was named a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. He died in 2002.
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Friday, February 22, 2008: When you are faced with the ingratitude of people who have betrayed and falsely accused you, what hurts most ... continue reading

Seven things employees need to be happy

Image of WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK? - Career specialist: Lynne Sarikas of Northeastern University in Boston says that happiness at work is highly individual, but she finds most employees want to be appreciated.

Ask bosses what makes employees happy at work, and many are likely to think in terms of tangible rewards: a good salary, a pleasant office, ... continue reading

Top 10 Catholic Super Bowl Coaches

As Super Bowl Sunday is just days away, we’ve put together our own list of the Top Ten Catholics ever to make it to the Super Bowl as ... continue reading

Top 10 Catholic Heroes of the Super Bowl

Image of TOP TEN - Brett Favre, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, exits the field with the team chaplain, Norbertine Father James T. Baraniak, after the Packers' 41-7 victory over the Raiders in Oakland, Calif., Dec. 22. Favre is one of Catholic Online's Top Ten Catholic Heroes of the Super Bowl. (CNS photo by Jim Biever, Green Bay Packers)

Professional football was long considered a “Catholic” sport, drawing rugged players from the working class blue-collar immigrant ... continue reading

An autumn surprise

(The Christian Science Monitor) -- I don't go walking in late autumn expecting to see flowers. Aside from an unobtrusive clump of asters, ... continue reading

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