To ensure safety, the city has placed disaster response teams, police, coast guards and medical personnel on full alert during the Lenten season.

For Catholics, Lent means a period of sacrifice. Often, we think of this in terms of food: abstaining from meat on Fridays (hence the popularity of fish and monggo among Filipinos), or temporarily ...

IT’S EXCELLENT. TONIGHT. PLATES ARE BEING SERVED. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE LENTEN SEASON. A COMMUNITY THING, AND WE ALL GET TOGETHER. AND IT’S IT’S JUST A NICE PLACE.

The Church of Holy Cross Episcopal hosts Soup Days during Lent and Advent, serving homemade beef and vegetable soup, desserts, crackers and coffee. The lunches cost $7 a person, with proceeds ...

As Lent began, Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their ...

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Experience the C21 Center's 2025 Lenten Labyrinth. Starting Ash Wednesday, discover weekly resources, reflections, giveaways, and more for your Lenten journey. You're invited to join our Faith Feeds ...

Church member, Rick Friedstrom, said he hopes to be a beacon of light during this Lenten season by being there for others and spending quality time with God. “I have to recognize what’s inside ...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and calling the parish ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of ...

A women’s strike, they hope, will make their point. (RNS) — As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of ...