Lent “is a chance for everybody to make a new start and experience the grace of God,” the Rev. Christopher Collins, the vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas, said as he headed to ...

Lenten Daily Food Reflection: Humus is the Latin word for earth and the root word for human. On Ash Wednesday, we are reminded of our connection to the earth. Reading time: 60 seconds. Enter your ...

In the 40 days leading up to Easter, many Christians celebrate Lent, which is the annual Christian holiday that precedes Easter. Derived from the Anglo Saxon word "lencten," meaning "spring," Lent is ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The Lenten rose, ...

Q. I have a perennial flower garden that is in bloom virtually all year, except for January and February. In looking through some plant catalogs, I noticed a perennial called Lenten rose that blooms ...

Q: I like to make winter-flower arrangements. I have seen the flowers of Lenten rose in flower arrangements, but when I cut them, they simply wilt. A: It’s quite difficult to prevent the flowers of ...

LENTEN RULES JUST A LITTLE BIT THIS FRIDAY, SAINT PATRICK’S DAY FALLS ON A FRIDAY WHEN CATHOLICS DON’T NORMALLY EAT MEAT. THE ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE SAYS ITS PARISHIONERS ARE EXEMPT FROM THAT NO MEAT ...

A plate of goat cheese bruschetta prepared by certified executive chef Jim Churches, president of the American Culinary Federation's Michigan Chefs de Cuisine Association and a member of St. Patrick ...

The redemption of creation takes center stage in Pope Francis' Lenten message this year, which connects man's sinfulness to environmental issues. "Sin leads man to consider himself the god of creation ...

Sarah Joblin, a professional singer and member of Band of Voices, said ahead of the Lenten service, “It’s such a joy to perform new works because it keeps the choral tradition alive by injecting new ...

Meatless Wednesdays and Fridays? No butter, cheese or eggs during Lent? More than a hundred fast or abstinence days per year? Maybe being a Catholic today isn’t so tough after all ... The Church has ...

It's Friday fish fry season and many area church parishes and fraternal organizations are gearing up for the traditional Lenten feast. Lent is a time when many Christians forgo meat on Fridays and opt ...