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A Week of Family Days

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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'

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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

User's Guide to Sunday

(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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