Adapted from a Lent Madness press releaseWhile much of the world is recovering from the Halloween sugar high, another segment of the population looks toward the church’s season of Lent. It may be more than three months away, but the 2016 bracket of 32 saints has been officially released by the Lent Madness Supreme Executive Committee.For the seventh year running, people … [Read more...] about Lent Madness & Holiday Creep
Archives for November 3, 2015
Shared Communion Breakthrough?
By John Paul ShimekA U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committee on ecumenical and interreligious affairs plans to send the Vatican a bold suggestion for “expansion of opportunities for Catholics and Lutherans to receive Holy Communion together.” The 118-page text of “Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist [PDF],” unanimously affirmed by the committee in … [Read more...] about Shared Communion Breakthrough?