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Lent and Easter 2022

Easter

An Easter message from Bishop Zarama

April 16, 2022

He Is Risen

Approach Holy Week with prayer and intention

April 11, 2022

Holy Week

Holy Week and the journey from death to life

April 08, 2022

Armon and Sue Pfeifer help to clean the kitchen after the Friday Fish Fry at the St. John the Baptist Parish Hall in Roanoke Rapids March 25.

Lenten fish fries are back, and some are changing

March 29, 2022

Pope Francis goes to confession during a Lenten penance service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Confession is more about God's forgiveness than our sins, pope says

March 28, 2022

A man wearing a mask for protection from COVID-19 prays in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy, in this Oct. 2, 2020, file photo. Prayer is about working on the relationship with God, which means going beyond oneself. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Really praying in Lent

March 14, 2022

A young woman prays during Ash Wednesday Mass at Jesus the Divine Word Church in Huntingtown, Md., March 6, 2019. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Bishop Zarama reflects on Lenten 'signs'

March 11, 2022

Paul Jarzembowski is associate director for the laity in the Secretariat of Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. He is author of the book "Hope from the Ashes: Insights and Resources for Welcoming Lenten Visitors." Tsh Oxenreider is a writer, podcaster and author of the 2022 devotional "Bitter & Sweet: A Journey into Easter." (CNS composite photo/courtesy Paul Jarzembowski and ICON Media Group)

Authors: Find moments of silence this Lent, connect three pillars of season

March 01, 2022

Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany, N.Y., sprinkles ashes on parishioners during Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Feb. 17, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lent 2022 begins March 2, which is Ash Wednesday. (CNS photo/Cindy Schultz, The Evangelist)

Lent 3.0: Third Lent in pandemic offers chance for spiritual reset, healing

February 22, 2022