Catholic Faith

Guidelines for Lent

Are You Ready for Lent? Here are some fasting and abstinence guidelines during the Lenten Season: Catholics of age 14 and older abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent. In addition, on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics from...

Our Lady of Sorrows

From CatholicCulture.org: Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady has its roots in Sacred Scripture and in Christian piety, which always associates the Blessed Mother with her suffering Son. Today’s feast was introduced by the Servites in order to intensify...

Saints Peter & Paul

From Catholic News Agency:  On June 29 the Church celebrates the feast day of Sts. Peter & Paul. As early as the year 258, there is evidence of an already lengthy tradition of celebrating the solemnities of both Saint Peter and Saint Paul on the same day....