Abstaining from Meat
On Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all Fridays during Lent, Catholics 14 years of age and older are required to abstain from eating meat....
Ash Wednesday
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, a day when Catholics are marked with ashes on their foreheads. Symbolizing the dust that man was created from...
Lent
During the prayerful and penitential season of Lent, Catholics imitate Jesus’ 40 days in the desert through prayer, fasting, self-denial, almsgiving, and other good...
The Chair of St. Peter the Apostle
The Chair of St. Peter refers to the special role and mission that Jesus bestowed on Peter, designating him as the rock on which...
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
As a Sacrament of Vocation, Holy Orders is a special calling by God for some men to live their lives in total service to...
The Sacrament of Matrimony
The family is so fundamental and sacred to society that Jesus elevated marriage as a sacrament. As a Sacrament of Vocation, Holy Matrimony is...
The Presentation of the Lord
The Law of Moses required that the first-born male child was to be offered to God as thanks for sparing the Israelites during the...
The Catholic Church’s Wealth
Because of the beauty and majesty of Catholic church art and architecture, some people question why the Church does not use its wealth to...
The Conversion of St. Paul
A Pharisee educated by the best of the Jewish rabbis, Paul was a faithful Jew who strongly persecuted Christians who he considered to be...
The Word of God
The Catholic Church has often been accused of discouraging and even preventing its members from reading the Bible. But Catholics are, and have been,...