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Our Lenten Journey, March 17: St. Brigid of Kildare

Like the pooka and the kelpie, St. Brigid of Kildare may have been a mythical Celtic creature -- or she may be one of...

Our Lenten Journey, March 16: St. Therese of Lisieux

She spent most of her life in an area of France less than 50 miles big. She lived in cloister, devoting her time to...

Giving alms is not just a good idea, it’s our moral...

Lent is a time of sacrifice. We strive to unite ourselves with the suffering of Jesus, walking with him in the desert, agonizing with...

Our Lenten Journey, March 15: St. Louise de Marillac

More than 300 years ago, the daughter of a rich and connected French family became the founder of a religious order that focused on...

Being generous: Look beyond the financial aspects of almsgiving

A traditional way to approach the Lenten practice of almsgiving is to give from the excess that you create by fasting. For example, according to...

Our Lenten Journey, March 12: Blessed Angela Salawa

She was a simple woman who worked as a nurse and spent the last years of her life alone and in poverty. She didn't...

Our Lenten Journey, March 10: St. Monica

Even though she lived more than 1600 years ago, St. Monica faced some of the same problems of today’s women. Her husband had a...

The right Lenten fast for you

Each year in the days before Lent, my husband and I share a list of what we plan to give up that year. Last...

Fasting to be the person God is calling

"We must love with our eyes open," Canterbury's Archbishop Justin Welby said last October. Saints, the Anglican leader advised, are people who are able...

Our Lenten Journey, March 8: Clare of Assisi

St. Clare of Assisi was one of the first women Franciscans and founder of a worldwide order of contemplative sisters, choosing to leave a...

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