Jeanie Hannaman

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - When is the last time you were at Mass—in an ordinary parish, not a monastery or retreat center—for a regularly scheduled parish Mass, not connected with any special event—and noticed that the congregation was predominantly male? I don’t think it had ever happened to me before last night... where we attended Mass for the feast of the Annunciation because we are traveling. There were more men and boys than women and girls; if you counted the altar boys it wasn’t close.

By Shaun McAfee, Catholic Exchange - Every year, Lent begins with a kind of spiritual adrenaline. On Ash Wednesday we hear the solemn words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” and suddenly everything feels urgent. Churches are full. Prayer resolutions are bold. Fasting plans are ambitious. We promise God we will pray more, give more, sacrifice more. For a moment, it feels like we are finally becoming the disciples we should have been all along.

Bishop J. Strickland, Pillars of Faith - Join The Campaign: The Nineveh Fast is a campaign of prayer and fasting asking God for mercy upon our world. ... The campaign will begin with a day of prayer and fasting on Friday, March 27, and continue on the fourth Friday of each month for the next eight months, for a total of nine days of fasting (April 24, May 22, June 26, July 24, August 28, Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 27).