“He is Risen!” That phrase is splashed all over social media and church signboards. After the trials of Lent, Catholics are ready for the Easter season! Read on for some uniquely Catholic aspects of Eastertide! 1. “We are the Easter People”...
The Triduum can be a mysterious and sad time even for adults. Below are some ways to help our kids enter into this sacred day as we remember Jesus’ Passion, death, and Resurrection. Holy Thursday Seder Meal Photo by Charles Hutchins on Flickr A Seder is the meal...
May is traditionally a month honoring Our Lady. It is a common practice to construct a May altar to honor her, and to hold May crownings of statues of Our Lady. May also tends to be the month that Catholic children receive their First Holy Communions, and that some...
Easter and Spring have much in common with newness, life, and hope. The Lord’s timing is always perfect. When we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ it coincides in many instances with sunshine, brightness, and beauty. Beauty and the honoring of new life in all its...
Holy Thursday is a celebration of The Last Supper Jesus had with his Apostles before his death on the Cross. Matthew, Mark, and Luke contain narratives of this event in their Gospels. The Gospel of John gives a different account, wherein Jesus washes the feet of his...
