Editorials & Commentary
Esta Cuaresma, ¿de qué formas pueden orar, ayunar y dar limosna?
Si preguntamos a cualquier católico –en realidad, a casi cualquier cristiano en general– el significado del tiempo de Cuaresma, y escucharemos algunas descripciones bastante consistentes: penitencia, sacrificio, abnegación, “renunciar a algo”.
Do you believe this?
If your parish has people who are seeking baptism at the Easter Vigil this year, you will probably here the Gospel passage from John regarding the raising of Lazarus from the dead during the fifth week of Lent.
2024 Black History Month: African Americans and the arts
Each year ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History), the founding organization of Black History Month, dedicates a Black history theme.
‘The Body of Christ’ – Amen!
St. John Paul II said, “There is a profound analogy between the Fiat which Mary said in reply to the angel and the Amen, which every believer says when receiving the body of the Lord.”
This Lent, consider sharing your bounty with our neighbors around the world
Lent comes early this year. It is February 14 – Valentines Day – so if that is an important day for you to celebrate with a loved one or open a heart-shaped box of chocolates maybe you should find an alternative date now!
Esta Cuaresma, consideren compartir su generosidad con nuestros vecinos de todo el mundo
La Cuaresma llega temprano este año. Comienza el 14 de febrero, el Día de San Valentín, así que, si ese es un día importante para celebrar con un ser querido o abrir una caja de chocolates en forma de corazón, ¡tal vez deberían buscar una fecha alternativa ahora! El Miércoles de Ceniza, que marca el primero de los cuarenta días de Cuaresma, no se presta a cambios de fecha.
Lent: A period of repentance and renewal
The sacred season of Lent holds immense significance in the Catholic faith. It is a time when believers are called to engage in acts of penance, reflection, and preparation, as they strive to strengthen their relationship with God.
Kirche Heilige Joseph: The tale of the German church in Owensboro, Kentucky
In the 1850s, more than 150,000 Germans had come to the United States, and many were trickling into southern Indiana. Early in the 1880s and throughout that decade many German Catholic farmers came from the parishes in southern Indiana and settled in the vicinity of Owensboro.
Fr. Edward Fitzgerald, protector of the Eucharist
A frantic knocking echoes through the Fitzgerald house one summer morning in 1863. The door swings open to reveal a priest standing on the stoop with his hands earnestly pressing something to his chest.
Let us continue the hope and promise of Christmas into the New Year
As the first edition of The Western Kentucky Catholic of 2024 arrives in homes across the Diocese of Owensboro, most of us have all but left Christmas 2023 behind. I am struck every year that homes and businesses that have been brightly lit with holiday lights for weeks or even months are suddenly dark on December 26.
