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The Three Pillars of Lent

Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are fundamental practices in the life of a Catholic. They are performed with even more intensity during the season of...

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...

Fasting Before Holy Communion

Because Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity, it is a sacred meal. Before receiving Holy Communion, Catholics are...

Good Friday

Good Friday is celebrated on the Friday before Easter and commemorates the end of Jesus’ life and the events that immediately preceded it. This...

Lenten Fasting

Along with prayer and almsgiving, the practice of fasting is a pillar of Lent. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics are required to...

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...

Fasting from food, comfort, or some other pleasure of the senses is a fundamental and powerful part of practicing the Catholic faith. Catholics fast...