Tag Archives: Lent

A Short History of Lent

As we each find our own ways to mark the season of Lent, we follow in the footsteps of centuries of Christians who have spent time preparing to [..]

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Parish Mission 2011- God Sees Into Our Hearts with Endless Possibilities

Please join the Saint Edward parish family as we begin our Lenten  Journey with our annual Mission March 13-15 , 2011 at 7:00 pm with  Father Thomas  Dragga, [..]

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Online Lenten Retreat

This year’s Lenten retreat is based on the Sunday gospels.  The gospels for the 1st and 2nd Sundays of Lent are the same every year—Jesus’ temptation in the [..]

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Lenten Calendar

Here is a printable Lenten Calendar for kids: Lenten Calendar “THE 40 DAYS OF LENT” has always been more of a metaphor than a literal count. Over the [..]

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Litany for Peace

Litany for Peace By Linda Friern and Tony Bartlett, in The Fire of Peace Let us pray to Jesus Christ that we may be set free from the [..]

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Why Give Up Stuff For Lent? Joan Chittister

I received the following in an email today. Made me pause for awhile! –from The Liturgical Year by Joan Chittister “Life, we come to understand, is not only [..]

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Silence

Whenever there is silence around me, by day or night, I am startled by a cry. The first time I heard it, I went out and searched and [..]

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April Youth Ministry Meeting

We had the April Younth Ministry meeting on Sunday April 11th, 2010.  It was a week later than usual since the celebration of Easter was last weekend. At [..]

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Living Stations 2010

On March 12th, 2010 the St. Edward Parish Youth Ministry group presented the Living Stations of the Cross. Through the divine guidance of the Holy Spirit the Youth [..]

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A “Symbolic” World

We (as humans) love symbols.  We love to assign meaning to everything we see and use.  Sometimes we do this in a good way and sometimes, maybe, not [..]

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