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EWTN Televised Holy Week 2020 Mass Schedule
EWTN TELEVISED HOLY WEEK 2020 MASS SCHEDULE **Due to the Cornavirus Pandemic times and events subject to change **Updated, Saturday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 5: Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord 5:00 a.m. Solemn Mass of Palm Sunday from Rome with Pope Francis 8 a.m. Palm …
A Closer Look: Holy Week as Political Comedy
It is impossible to divorce religious faith (or lack thereof) from political commitments. While legislators and judges might try to keep religious and political institutions distinct from one another—to build Thomas Jefferson’s famous “wall of separation between Church and State”—belief (or unbelief) is a necessary factor in the way all …
Vatican authorizes special Masses and Good Friday prayers for coronavirus pandemic
Vatican City, Apr 1, 2020 / 12:01 pm (CNA).- The Vatican has asked priests around the world to recite a new prayer during this year’s Good Friday liturgy, and urged them to offer Masses for the end of the coronavirus pandemic. The Congregation for Divine Worship issued the new intention …
Amid coronavirus pandemic, pope’s Easter liturgies closed to public
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 14, 2020 / 04:56 pm (CNA).- Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis’ liturgies for Holy Week and Easter, which usually include the presence of thousands of people, will be held without public attendance this year. According to an online notice from the Prefecture …
Did you Know: Holy Cross-Immaculata Church
by Gail Finke There is a piece of the True Cross at Holy Cross-Immaculata in Mt. Adams. It is available for veneration on a side altar in the main church on Good Friday – see it when you pray the steps! Is the relic of the True Cross real? While …
Reflections: The Piety of the Steps
Fr. Rob Jack STL Piety is a gift of the Holy Spirit through which one cherishes and passes on the history of one’s faith as a source of one’s human and Christian identity. When we place around ourselves pictures of our families and friends and our pets and personal mementos, …
Traditions: Good Friday in Mt. Adams at Holy Cross Immaculata
After midnight, hundreds of the faithful began praying the steps at Holy Cross Immaculata Church in Mt. Adams. A tradition dating back to the 1800’s, this year participants, along with rosaries and prayer books, were clothed in rain gear. Holy Cross Immaculata Good Friday Meditaion A pilgrim’s view from Holy …
Taize Prayer Service at Immaculate Conception (Dayton)
This spiritual service take place in candle light while singing short hymns, repeated again and again. Using just a few words, Taize expresses a basic reality of faith, quickly grasped by the mind. As the words are sung many times, this reality gradually penetrate the whole being. Service ends with the …
Way of the Cross for Justice (Cincinnati)
A collaboration of faith-based groups sponsors this event, which begins on Fountain Square and features reflections on social justice issues and the Passion of Christ. The group will process to the Freedom Center for additional reflection and a closing bread service. Sponsors include: AMOS · Archdiocese of Cincinnati · Bellarmine Chapel · Catholic …