A Week of Family Days
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, March 06, 2010
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, March 7, is the Third Sunday in Lent (Year C, Cycle II).
Papal
Pope Benedict XVI is not just the bishop of the whole Church — he’s the bishop of Rome, and on March 7 he won’t be celebrating 9am Mass at St. Peter’s; he’ll be at St. John of the Cross... READ MORE
Diversity and Lenten Temptations
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, February 20, 2010
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, Feb. 21, is the First Sunday of Lent (Liturgical Year C, Cycle II).
Family
Feb. 22 is the feast of the Chair of St. Peter. Today’s feast and readings can be a good opportunity to bring up prejudice, unity and diversity with your family. Some people... READ MORE
God of Girls and God of Thunder
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, February 06, 2010
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, Feb. 7, is the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Cycle II).
Lourdes
Sunday, Feb. 11, is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, a perfect occasion to watch one of the famous Lourdes movies: The Song of Bernadette (1943) or the more accurate but less... READ MORE
Throat Day and Love Quiz
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, January 30, 2010
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, Jan. 31, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Liturgical Year C, Cycle II). Wednesday, Feb. 3, is the memorial of St. Blase, and it’s the day Catholics can get their throats blessed with candles at Mass.
Throat Day
St. Blaise is a saint of coincidences.... READ MORE
3 Ways the Word Was Made Flesh
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, January 23, 2010
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, Jan. 24, is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C, Cycle II).
Papal
Jan. 25 at 5:30pm, Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.
Saints
Jan. 25, Conversion... READ MORE
'Do Whatever He Tells You'
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, January 16, 2010
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Jan. 17 Readings
Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalms 96:1-3, 7-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-12
Our Take
As the new year — and Ordinary Time — begin in earnest, the liturgy gives us a month of beginnings.
Christmas is over; soon will come Lent and sacrifice. But in... READ MORE
Christ's Shortcut
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, January 09, 2010
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, Jan. 10 is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Sunday, Jan. 17 is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Jan. 10 Readings
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalms 29:1-4, 3, 9-10; Acts 10:34-38; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22
Our Take
All good things must end. After this feast... READ MORE
Living the 12 Days of Christmas
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, December 26, 2009
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, Dec. 27, is the feast of the Holy Family. Friday, Jan. 1, is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, a holy day of obligation. Sunday, Jan. 3, is the Solemnity of the Epiphany in the United States.
Dec. 27 Readings
Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128:1-5;... READ MORE
Solstice, Galileo and Obelisk
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, December 19, 2009
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Sunday, Dec. 20 is the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C, Cycle II). Friday, Dec. 25 is Christmas Day, a holy day of obligation.
Papal
Dec. 24, 10 p.m., Pope Benedict XVI celebrates midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Dec. 25, noon, Pope Benedict gives his... READ MORE
John, the Locust-Eating Moderate
Features | Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Faith on Saturday, December 12, 2009
(In this weekly column, Tom and April Hoopes share family-friendly ways of observing the liturgical year and celebrating the Sunday readings.)
Dec. 13 is the Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday (Liturgical Year C, Cycle II).
Family
There are two reasons to commemorate Dec. 13.
St. Lucy’s calendar day is one. The Sunday feast supplants it liturgically, but she can still be remembered this day. She’s... READ MORE
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