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Lent brings prayer, fasting, almsgiving
Staff WriterAs many celebrate Fat Tuesday today, others are even more enthusiastically looking forward to Ash Wednesday tomorrow. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days leading up to Easter and is observed by several denominations of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Religious Festivals, Easter, Genesis (music group), Roman Catholicism
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Vista Latina: Catholic faith is imbued with Latino tradition
Staff Writer, Copy EditorUnlike many of the conversations 14-year-old Samantha Gutierrez typically has with her classmates about the things they want and desire out of life, the chatter Wednesday went in a different direction. As the start of the Lenten season, Gutierrez said Ash...Tags: Social Issues, Religion and Belief, Religious Festivals, Good Friday, Cults and Sects
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Presbyterian Church of Orland Park instills faith, gratitude in members
After one of Scott Estler's two daughters returned from a church Appalachia Service Project years ago, the pastor recently recalled, she was so moved by the poverty she told her dad she didn't want anything for Christmas. Such displays of concern and...
Tags: Music, Religion and Belief, Entertainment, Easter, Lent
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Cardinal Mahony blogs about persecution and 'loving your enemies'
L.A. NOWCardinal Roger M. Mahony, currently at the Vatican to help select a new pope, has spoken out on Twitter and his blog about forgiving enemies. Critics have slammed Mahony for going to Rome after new revelations that he worked to...... -
Nick Flynn's search for lost time
In Nick Flynn’s new book, “The Reenactments,” the memoirist and poet delivers a meditation on the peculiar experience of watching his life story become a movie. Starring Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore and Paul Dano, the Paul Weitz-...
Tags: Suicide, Movies, Entertainment, Paul Weitz, Paul Dano
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Life goes on, 8 years later
Sometimes when a trial is over, a couple of jurors will approach Judge Joan Lefkow and make a sympathetic or admiring remark that lets her know that they know her story. She figures they've Googled her and found it, though some may have been around...
Tags: Justice System, James F. Holderman, Human Interest, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Head of Episcopal Church visits Orlando Diocese
The Religion WorldRev. Katharine Jefferts Shori, head of the Episcopal Church in the United States and 15 other countries, is visiting the Central Florida diocese for the first time since she became presiding bishop in 2006. Shori is scheduled to visit St. Gabriel's... -
Cardinal Mahony says Vatican told him to attend papal conclave
L.A. NOWResponding to protests over his attendance at the conclave in Rome to elect a new pope, Cardinal Roger Mahony told Catholic News Service this week that the Vatican told him to come to Rome and participate.... -
Can March make up for lost snows this season?
Time is ticking and while some of you already have Spring fever, Mother Nature is still biting at the bit for some last-minute winter weather. We might just get another chance during the first full week of March. SNOW SO FAR The past three years...
Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Floods, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), Natural Disasters, Blacksburg
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Ravens — and Super Bowl parties — still talked about [Rodgers Forge]
The Ravens — our champions! They are still topics of discussion as are those Super Bowl parties. Mary Lee and Dick Hilgartner divided their time between parties. They had great fun with friends from St. Pius X, out in Phoenix, for the first half...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Baltimore Ravens, Students, Lent, Baltimore County
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Groundhog Day
Will the groundhog see his shadow on Saturday? I sure hope not. I think he should sleep in because I am ready for an early spring. Washington Square UM Church begins holy season The Lenten season is soon upon us. Don’t forget to order doughnuts...Tags: Doughnuts, Lifestyle and Leisure, PTA, Foods and Beverages, Lent
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Faith briefs: Feb. 2, 2013
Email your faith briefs to faith@aberdeennews.com. Include an address for the event and a phone number where you may be reached. Deadline is noon Wednesday. ABERDEEN ALLIANCE CHURCH 1106 S. Roosevelt St., 605-225-9724, aberdeenalliance.org....Tags: Religion and Belief, Health and Safety at School, IHOP Corporation, Family, Lent
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