In preparation for the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis has invited the Christian community to center 2024 around the theme of prayer (Letter of Pope Francis, 11 February 2022). We read these wonderful lines: In this time of preparation, I would greatly desire that...
Welcome to the fourth week of Lent 2024 and our special video series, Journey of the Heart. This week, our presenters will discuss Lenten fasting. In this episode, Kelsey, a student at Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Flourtown, Pa.; Agnes, a visitor of the Basilica...
Changing your clocks, watches, and iPhone settings might not be as important as you think. Before you panic about being out of sync for your 9:00 am meeting, hear me out! “Spring ahead” and “Fall back” are important! But they may not be as important as understanding...
At the request of Frederic Ozanam and other university students, the Archbishop of Paris, Monsignor de Quélen, instituted the Lenten Conferences at Notre-Dame, which are still held today. The first cycle of conferences took place from February to March 1834. Father...
Jesus loves others to the end, to being lifted up on the cross. His death proves true that the grain of wheat that dies cannot but bear much fruit. Those who die with him bear much fruit also. Most of us, if not all, want to bear much fruit, to succeed as best as we...
