Family Congress unites Polish Catholics during Lent More than 1,000 people filled St. Albert the Great Church in Burbank when Franciscan Father Lukasz Buksa, from the Archdiocese of Krakow, Poland, joined Cardinal Cupich in leading Stations of the Cross for confirmation students on March 29.
Burning palms for Ash Wednesday Father Michael Grzesik and Deacon Mark Buckley led a prayer service including burning palms with students from St. Bede School at Our Lady of the Lakes Parish, St. Bede Church Site, in Ingleside on Shrove Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The ashes were distributed on Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019, which marked the start of Lent in the Latin-rite church.
Give up gossiping for Lent, pope suggests Lent is a good time to concentrate on fighting the urge to gossip about others and instead trying to correct one's own faults and defects, Pope Francis said.