| February 25th, 2009 Return to the Lent calendar.At the start of Lent, we take time to remind ourselves that life indeed is limited: that we will die.We place ashes on ... |
| February 24th, 2009 Busted Halo's Ash Wednesday Challenge It's an experience that any Catholic will understand. You decide that you'd like to stop by church on Ash Wednesday to get the obligatory ashes ... |
| February 24th, 2009 Return to the Lent calendar.Lenten Fast FactThe Tuesday before Ash Wednesday is called Shrove Tuesday, referring to the word "shrive" which means "to confess."In earlier times rich ... |
| February 23rd, 2009 Return to the Lent calendar.Lenten Fast Fact Italians started the original tradition of "festive sinning" for three days before Ash Wednesday. These often took the form of debaucheries ... |
| February 17th, 2009 Busted Halo vs. America Magazine..."and the WINNER is" As if last's year's drubbing on their Oscar podcast wasn't enough, America magazine—the national Catholic weekly run by the Jesuits—asked to go ... |
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| December 25th, 2008 December 25, Christmas Day 2008 Return to the Advent calendar.And there were in the same country ... |
| December 24th, 2008 Misa del Gallo Return to the Advent calendar.Advent Fast Fact In Spanish, Midnight Mass is often referred to as Misa del Gallo ("Rooster's Mass").Filipino custom is ... |
| December 23rd, 2008 Making it comfy Return to the Advent calendar.Advent Fast Fact In France, children would add one piece of straw each day to the manger, to create a ... |
| December 22nd, 2008 Where Do Candy Canes Come From? Return to the Advent calendar.Advent Fast FactQ. True or False: Candy canes were originally made by a candy maker in the shape ... |
