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Keep Worship Weird

Published March 7, 2016 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Prayer, Young Adult, Youth

  You might say that the speed at which “Keep Austin Weird” took off says something about how innate this motto is to the nature of our city. It captures in a just few words one essential part of that “something else” about the this town that keeps native here and draws new neighbors in droves…. [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published March 7, 2016

Why do we fast during Lent?

Published March 4, 2014 • Written by Maria Salazar Filed Under: Blog, Faith

Lent is now upon us and it will soon be time for fasting and abstaining from meat.  Why do we do these things and why is it necessary to fast in our spiritual life? A few days ago I was in line for confession and ended up staring at and thinking about the cross on… [Read More]

Written by Maria Salazar • Published March 4, 2014

Pope Benedict XVI – Words you might’ve missed

Published February 14, 2013 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Blog

Last weekend as I planned my post, I was thinking of sharing some words from Pope Benedict that didn’t get much social media/blog attention, words that most people weren’t talking about – his homily on February 2nd at mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, and the 17th year of celebrating the… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published February 14, 2013

5 Common Misconceptions About Ash Wednesday

Published February 13, 2013 • Written by Cristóbal Almanza Filed Under: Faith

Ash Wednesday not only marks the beginning of the season of Lent, it is also a time when Catholic new media takes center stage, albeit not in the most obvious ways. This is because Ash Wednesday masses are some of the most attended all year, and most of those mass goers rely upon church websites… [Read More]

Written by Cristóbal Almanza • Published February 13, 2013

I Kinda <3 Lent

Published February 22, 2012 • Written by Rita Suva Filed Under: Blog

“Remember, man you are dust and to dust you will return.” –Roman Missal, Imposition of Ashes So, I’m a little bit crazy. My favorite “Catholic holiday” is the Easter Triduum, but most especially within that, Good Friday. Yeah, the day Jesus Christ died. Most people think that it’s just a little bit crazy that my… [Read More]

Written by Rita Suva • Published February 22, 2012

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