'Catholic' Tagged Posts

'Catholic' Tagged Posts

Remembering Our Beloved Dead

November is the month the church observes All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. We remember this month our beloved departed and honor their memory. In faith we believe death does not weaken the bonds of love and friendship, which we enjoyed throughout our lives with them. “Our loved ones have not disappeared into dark nothingness: Hope assures us that that…

Lent at St. Anthony of Padua

The 40-day season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. It is a time of the church year when Catholics are called to focus on: Giving alms Fasting Praying It is a time to hear the Word of God, to convert, to prepare for and remember Baptism, to be reconciled with God and one’s neighbour, and of more frequent recourse to the “arms of Christian…