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A Lenten Digital Retreat

Who is my neighbor? This Lent, CRS Rice Bowl invites you, your family and community to journey alongside the Good Samaritan, to reflect on the question: Who is my neighbor? So many of our neighbors are on the move: migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, travelers. The Good Samaritan—a traveler himself, one on the move—shows us … Continue reading

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Archdiocese of Louisville

When Mark Bouchard first came up with his idea for a luncheon to begin the Lenten season with CRS Rice Bowl in Louisville, KY, he knew he had a tough sell on his hands. After all, he was asking one of his city’s Catholic schools to hand over its gym to a few hundred students … Continue reading

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Diocese of Honolulu

You are born with breadfruit, you grow up with breadfruit and you die with breadfruit. This popular saying from the Micronesian island of Chuuk, thousands of miles off the coast of Hawaii, captures the importance of this starchy fruit. It’s a staple both for the Chuukese living in Micronesia, and for people like Micaela, who … Continue reading

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Archdiocese of Chicago

This Lent, encounter our neighbors in the Archdiocese of Chicago and share their stories of hope. Finding hope amid violence in Chicago The statistics say it all.  Last year, the city of Chicago ended 2016 with 786 murders. This year, the number is already over 160 as of mid April. The community is struggling with … Continue reading

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Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017

  A Spirituality of Global Solidarity Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a … Continue reading

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Holy Saturday, April 15, 2017

  A DAY CALLED HOLY There’s a reason why today is called “holy.” And yet Holy Saturday is so often forgotten, skipped over, rushed through. It becomes a day of planning for Easter celebrations: eggs and baskets and chocolate. But Holy Saturday is a day unto itself—a day of prayer and reflection and revelation. Holy … Continue reading

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Good Friday, April 14, 2017

  THE SEVENTH SORROW OF MARY: Jesus Is Placed in the Tomb After this, Joseph of Arimathea, secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. So he came and took his body. Nicodemus, the one who had first come … Continue reading

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Holy Thursday, April 13, 2017

  THE FOURTEENTH STATION: Jesus’ Body Is Placed in the Tomb Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into His glory? —Luke 24:26 We know how the story ends. We know that after a mere three days, God’s victory shines forth; Christ triumphs over sin, evil and death. And … Continue reading

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

  THE SIXTH SORROW OF MARY: Jesus Is Taken Down From the Cross When it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a distinguished member of the council, who was himself awaiting the kingdom of God, came and courageously went to Pilate and asked … Continue reading

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