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‘Twas the Night before Ash Wednesday

GUEST COMMENTARY
March 13, 2014March 31, 2022
3 min read

By Regina Hiney
‘Twas the night before Ash Wednesday
And all through the rooms
Every cushion was overturned
Every piece of old candy found and consumed
The children were negotiating their Lenten promises in bed
Trying to find loopholes in saintly feast days ahead
With wine and Facebook and chocolate on tap
I was trying to reconcile myself to the long Lenten slap
When all through the house there arose such a clatter
I ignored all the noise for I cared not for their chatter.
Not to the window,

A Holy Week Reflection

GUEST COMMENTARY
March 27, 2013March 31, 2022
5 min read

By Jim Sedlak
Twenty-eight years ago this month, 10 people got together in a classroom at St. Columba school in Hopewell Junction, New York, to begin an effort that continues to this day.

Catholics Crucify Christ Even Now

JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY
April 21, 2011March 31, 2022
4 min read

The days of reflection and prayer leading to glorious Easter Sunday provide us with an opportunity to envision what betrayal of truth must mean to the suffering Christ.