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Holy Week—feast or fast? Both. For Catholics, fasting means maintaining Lenten obligation to enjoy one normal meal a day. Fasting becomes more rigorous after the special Maundy Thursday dinner—the Last Supper—which for some replicates Christ’s last meal. That would be a Seder meal with wine, unleavened bread, and a lamb shank, plus other offerings. This […]
Editor’s note: The following is a Lenten recipe for the end of our Lent. It is adapted from The Lenten Cookbook by Scott Hahn & David Geisser. Chef David Geisser, a former Swiss Guard, is also the author of The Vatican Cookbook. This and other recipes are offered from Catholic Exchange and Sophia Institute Press. […]
by bcadmin | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Food & Travel, News, Recipes, Saints, St. Patrick | 0 |
In Ireland on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day has become an elaborate national holiday that allows people to attend church, celebrate Irish heritage, and join in meals honoring the saint. Although the holiday began in Ireland, Americans joined in, though it is unclear whether it involved the Charitable Irish Society in Boston in 1737 or […]
by bcadmin | Feb 28, 2022 | fasting, Featured, Food & Travel, Lent, News, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
“Yet even now,” says the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments” (Joel 2:12–13). An Ancient Practice Fasting wasn’t invented by Christians (or Jews, for that matter) but is a universal human practice that the Lord and His Church […]
by bcadmin | Feb 4, 2022 | Colorado, Featured, Food & Travel, Julia Greeley, News, Pilgrimage, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini | 0 |
In the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Denver, Colorado, offers a delightful pilgrimage, which might not be expected by a traveler at first thought. Yet, with a bit of Catholic imagination and some good planning, Denver is a fantastic location in which pilgrims can encounter the glory of the Lord and grow in faith.
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