Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026.

Agawam – Dine and donate to support Agawam Congregational Church at Nicky’s Pizza, 1000 Main St., on Thursday, March 5 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nicky’s will generously donate 10% of proceeds to Agawam ...

Here are 12 new resources — online retreats, apps, podcasts, books and more — that promise to help Catholics grow in faith and draw closer to the Lord Jesus Christ ahead of Easter.

Preaching on this story from John's Gospel, I like how St. Augustine put it. Describing the dialogue between Jesus and the ...

Over the next three weeks, by ancient custom, the Gospel readings are all from John. They were proclaimed alongside the final ...

By Asad Mirza Two largest religions of the world, i.e. Christianity and Islam started their most important period of fasting in a year on the same day this year. This rare convergence comes after a ...

In English grammar class, did you dread getting your papers returned with so much red ink on them that you couldn't believe the teacher had that much ink? Well, if you look at the Roman Canon, you ...

The Islamic month of Ramadan and Christianity’s 40-day period of fasting called Lent, stated on 18 February this year.

Walking into a Catholic Church during Lent it is easy to tell the season. The color purple is used. No flowers are in the sanctuary. Symbols such as a wooden cross or crown of thorns are somewhere in ...

Ash Wednesday begins the holy season of Lent. Here are 10 important things to know about Ash Wednesday and its significance.

A traditionalist group of Catholic priests that has been at odds with the Vatican for decades threatened a full schism with Rome this weekend, saying it plans to consecrate bishops without approval ...

U.S. and Israel attacked Iran with missile strikes on Saturday morning by Winston Rogers WASHINGTON (7News) — The Archbishop of Washington on Friday issued a rare decree, offering thousands of ...