Articles related to "Lenten"

Many Christian religions embrace the season of Lent, a forty day period of preparation for the celebration of Easter. In some ways it is spring cleaning for the soul.

Lent is a 40-day preparation, except Sundays, for the death of Jesus on Good Friday and His resurrection on Easter Sunday. Christians spend time in prayer and fasting.

Make Lenten Prayer Pots with your CCD class as a hands-on Lenten activity to take home.

Children are not required to uphold Lenten fasting and abstinence practices, but encouraging small sacrifices may build a foundation for a faith-filled adulthood.

No Meat on Fridays? No problem! Add a bit of spice to your next Friday fish supper.

The season of Lent offers new ways to rejuvenate a spiritual connection to Christ, to God, to the divine spirit within through prayer and contemplation.

What is Ash Wednesday's purpose? Why the Ashes? Does the Pope give us any guidance as to what to concentrate our prayers on during the Lenten season?

Poetry and prayer come together as a means of aligning the spirit to a higher power through surrender to the muse.

Connect with family and church this Lenten season by giving up working on Sunday for Lent.

For Slovaks, Ash Wednesday marked a prolonged period of mourning for Christ.

The traditions and parties associated with the days before Lent are popular festivals and tourist destinations for locations like Venice, New Orleans, and Rio de Janeiro.

Al look at the tradition of Fasiangy, the pre-Lenten celebration and feasting days in Slovakia.

This lucious yeast bread is traditionally served on Good Friday. Learn how to make this easy recipe.

Nalesniki (Polish Crêpes), Lenten favorites, are thin pancakes rolled or folded around sweet or savory fillings. Lightly browned or baked, they make mouth-watering meals.

Nalesniki (Polish Crêpes), Lenten favorites, are thin pancakes rolled or folded around a filling, buttered, lightly browned or baked, and served as entrées or desserts.

The 40 days of Lent leading up to Easter Sunday, including Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, and ending in the Holy Triduum are considered the centerpiece of Christian religion

Go meatless Fridays during Lent with this healthy and tasty recipe for a chopped salmon salad with fresh vegetables.

Prepare a nutritious, no fuss Lentil Meal in your slow cooker or, quickly, on your stove-top! Lentils are delicious, heart healthy, and very low on the glycemic index!

Original towns from the Middle Ages are rare in Germany, but Gegenbach escaped the damage by wars and remains a gem of historic German medieval architecture.

Popular spring blooming perennials, such as Bergenia, Dicentra and Helleborus are long lasting plants, easy to care for, and makes for colorful New Year Gardens.

Children can learn about the colors that are associated with the seasons of the Liturgical or Church Year by doing activities in Sunday school or youth group.

When winter winds blow, thousands travel north to experience the pre-Lenten Festival of Snow, a family oriented winter carnival in one of Canada's most exciting cities

Slovaks celebrate Palm Sunday by using branches rather than palms. It is the last moment of joy before the solemnity of Holy Week.

A garden in winter can be a striking study of contrasting shapes and textures, but it's one mostly played out in black and white.

Lavish parades, elaborate costumes, music, dancing, street parties, open-air feasts and all-night revelry transform Spanish cities in colorful pre-lenten festivals.

Parents expecting a baby girl during the weeks leading up to Easter may wish to honor their infant with a name that captures the significance of the Christian holiday.

In the Greek countryside, Easter is celebrated with tender green vegetables and a slow roasted lamb. There is no better place to celebrate the rebirth of spring.

Easter celebrations in medieval times when a day of feasting and fun followed weeks of fasting and penitence.

From church feast days to the religions of fashion, food and film, Italy's financial and business capital offers a full calendar of events and reasons to visit in winter.

A list of articles for the Catholic educator, from CCD teaching ideas to lessons on seasons, sacraments and saints.

The Eastern Orthodox religion's Easter (Pascha) church service can help parents teach kids about religion in a way that offers children great hope, love and joy.

Easter eggs are an important part of Bulgarian Easter traditions. Many practices have fallen out of fashion, but these rituals are still strongly associated with spring.

How readers can participate in Good Friday and the Catholic practices of Good Friday.

This year, the real Harvest Moon happens in October, not September. Learn the names of all the full moons for each month of the year.

A brief background of Ash Wednessday covers the meaning, purpose, and ritual behind the first day of Lent.

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) is a set of principles that provides Catholics with a Scripture-based social justice framework.

Quick, easy recipes for outdoor cooking. It's time to grill!

Most Shrove Tuesday traditions being with wild revelry, in Pennsylvania Dutch country it is simple tradition designed to use up all the fat

Pancake Trivia and Tips for Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.

Many people still think that fish is their only option when it comes to Friday dinner. With this quick recipe, a hot and delicious, meatless meal can be yours to enjoy.

Angels as messengers carry messages in time/space to mortal realm. Jungian psychology sees archangels as archetypes of change, inspire spiritual growth.

A Fusion Of Korean Condiments That Are Traditionally Set On The Table During A Meal

Worthy books that explain the Benedictine tradition, the Rule of St. Benedict, and ways to keep daily prayer going in your life.

The community of St. Joseph's Catholic Church held an Appreciative Inquiry Organizational Summit, the first in the Montery, CA Diocese to conduct this innovative program.

The events of that first Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, also called the "three days of death"

Reading books and articles by garden writers can often be the best way to learn how to make a great garden. Here are some sage thoughts on planting spring bulbs.

The 11th century conflict over lay investiture highlighted struggles between church and state as reform minded popes attempted to limit the scope of secular authority.

Mardi Gras beads, parades and king cake mark the start of Lent,but carnival celebrations have moved from New Orleans to Florida beach towns like Navarre Beach and Destin.

Northern Portugal and the region of Zamora in Spain share a tradition of colorful carnival celebrations that are shown in a bright new museum.

Smoked chile peppers, generically called chipotles, originated in ancient Mexico thousands of years ago. Most are smoked red jalapenos, and they add flavor and heat.