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Fasting For Lent: Why We Practice Self-Denial During the Sacred Season
When most Christians think of Lent, they think of fasting. It's the most widely known practice associated with this holy season. But we must be careful to fast with the right intentions and not fall into self-serving measures.
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Fasting For Lent: Why We Practice Self-Denial During the Sacred Season
The Three Pillars of Lent: The Power of Prayer
Why the True Meaning of Christmas is About Giving
The Sacred Meaning Behind the Catholic Advent Wreath
How to Make Your Advent Preparation Prayerful: Three Practical Tips
4 Catholic Christmas Traditions to Implement This Advent
What Is All Souls Day and Why Do We Celebrate It?
How to Help Migrants: 4 Ways You Can Make a Difference
Four Ways Our Catholic Missionary Work Supports the Global Church
How the Fruits of the Holy Spirit Empower Our Missionary Work
From Palms to the Passion: What Happens on the Days of Holy Week?
Hope For South Sudanese Refugees: The Uganda Youth Projects
Ministering to the Living While Praying For the Dead: Fr. Max’s Story
Why Do Catholics Pray for the Dead?
Understanding the Grace that Comes with a Mass Intention
Breaking Barriers to Education: The Mozambique Student Housing Project
Poverty Isn’t Just About Food—Three Types of Poverty Around the Globe
Making the Lenten Journey: How to Walk with Greater Faith This Season
5 Ways You Can Work Toward Peace and Justice
A School Making a Difference: Education Access for the Poor — Nabajyoti High School, India
The Link Between Poverty and Education: Can Education Be Used to Eradicate Poverty?
Three Key Reasons Why You Should Care About the Global Church
Unpacking the Twofold Meaning of Blessed Are They Who Mourn
A Cloud of Witnesses: Who are the Saints and Why do They Matter?
What Does it Mean to be Poor in Spirit? 3 Ways to Live Spiritual Poverty
Feeding the Hungry in Kayole, Kenya
Empowering the Church in Chad: A Story of Hope from the Parish Pastor
What Is Almsgiving? Understanding the Third Pillar of Lent
20 Almsgiving Examples and Ideas for Lent
Here's Why the Philippines Needs COVID-19 Relief Now (and How Our Missionaries Are Responding)
How Do We Address Global Pain in 2020 and Work Toward Peace and Justice?
Communicating Christ During COVID: How Missionaries Are Using Social Media to Reach Their Flocks
Faith, Hope and Charity—COVID-19 presents a time to live out the theological virtues
Giving Tuesday Now: A Day of Unity to Give, Thank, Help and Heal
Missionary Life During COVID-19: Stories from the Field
Climb Every Mountain: A Seminarian's Journey in Papua New Guinea
The Three Pillars of Lent: Almsgiving
Resources to Help You Stay Spiritually Connected During COVID-19
Lenten Reflection: Being a Joyful Missionary
A Home of Care and Love
A Spirit-Filled Music Project Keeps Teenagers in Brazil Out of Trouble
What Is the True Power of the Mass?
What’s the Relationship Between Peace and Justice?
Exploring the State of Peace and Justice in the World Today
The Joy of the Gospel Is Stronger
Preparing Seminarians for Mission through the Village Immersion Program
Update from Beira: Emergency Relief Needs in Storm-Battered Mozambique
Life at the Karunalaya Leprosy Care Centre
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Changes Lives
[NEW RESOURCE] Addressing the Reality of Poverty in 2019
What Is a Mass Request? Explaining the Ways You Can Support the Global Church
A Cocoa and Coconut Plantation in Papua New Guinea
A Unique Challenge for Missionaries in 2019
Their Blessed Event Joined Christian Faith with African Tradition
A Mother’s Legacy Reaches Thailand
Promoting Communication in Toks Pisin
A Dream, a Plan, Now Hope for the Future
Learning Polish in the Fu Shenfu Migrant Center
[New Resource] Why Our Catholic Missionaries Are Educating the Poor and Marginalized All Over the World
Preparing Seminarians in Vietnam for Life as a Missionary
The Christian Family, A Seedbed of Vocations
Living Out the Corporal Works of Mercy
How Are You Serving This Lent?
Spreading Peace and Mercy Where There Is Risk and Violence
How One Woman’s Conversion Brought a Whole Parish Together
Eight Years Without a Priest: Fr. Eric Ankamah on the Joy of Parish Life
Announcing Mission Impact
Zunana Malala Wants to Have a Say
Celebrating St. Arnold Janssen: Here's What You Need to Know About This Catholic Missionary Priest
Consultation Under a Tree
Encountering Life in Cali
Mission Rebel: Sold and Enslaved
Great Love in the Face of Abject Poverty
This Is Your House
The Story of the Good Lord Jesus of Iguape, Brazil
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