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Though only the "public sinners" had to engage in this practice, it didn't end after one day. Catholics around the world are familiar with Ash Wednesday, the day and corresponding liturgy that marks the beginning of Lent. On that day the priest imposes ashes on the forehead of the individual while saying the words, "Repent, and…

Through your life of charity toward those around you, you must be like salt. Salt preserves food from corruption. Your life must do the same for others by grace. Salt brings out the flavor of food. You must help bring out Christ in others’ lives. Salt disappears into food. You must do the same by…

This year the first half of the month of February falls during the liturgical season known as Tempus per Annum or Ordinary Time (formerly Time After Epiphany), which is represented by the liturgical color green. Green is a symbol of hope, as it is the color of the sprouting seed and arouses in the faithful the hope of reaping the eternal…

Feast Day: January 27 Patron: of the sick, disabled and physically challenged people and those grieving the loss of parents Birth: March 21, 1474 Death: January 27, 1540 Beatified: April 30, 1768 by Pope Clement XIII Canonized: May 24, 1807 by Pope Pius VII St. Angela Merici was an Italian religious educator and founder of the Ursulines…