How about encouraging children to view all Lenten activities as ways to watch and wait with joyful hope? Q: What family traditions do your family share during the season of Lent?

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The men were engaged in a Yaqui Lenten ritual in the shadow of the freeway interchange. This was the weekly Friday ritual that is the run-up to the Yaquis’ Easter celebrations.

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The Church understands that certain people are not able to commit to the Lenten fast. The time of Lent, through fasting and abstaining, may be an important reminder of what it means to suffer.

Over 20,000 faithful participated in the grand celebration for the anniversary of the archdiocese, cradle of spiritual and ...