Each year, Christians around the world gather to mark the beginning of Lent with bowed heads, receiving ashes traced in the shape of a cross on their foreheads. An outward sign of repentance and humility, the distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday remains one of the most widely observed traditions of Catholics and Christians today.
It was the First Sunday of Lent in 2016. Solomon Ankaya, a diocesan seminarian, and I were on our way to Konguan, one of the ten mission outstations of Holy Trinity parish in Bogia, Papua New Guinea. We traveled by car along a ... Read More
Did you know that religious people are much more likely to give to charitable causes than are non-religious people? According to research conducted by the Philanthropy Panel Study in 2017, "62 percent of religious households give to charity, only ... Read More
The Arnold Project, which provides social services for needy families, is named in honor of St. Arnold Janssen, founder of Divine Word Missionaries. The project operates in three parishes in Guayaquil—St. Arnold Janssen in Mount Sinai; ... Read More
