Holy Week: The Journey to Easter
Holy Week While long winter nights ease into light-filled days and green shoots poke through crusty snow, the Lenten fast draws toward its final…
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Understanding the Easter Story
For many, Easter is synonymous with spring… Easter eggs… Easter bunnies… Easter baskets… Easter lilies and festive dinners. But the origins and significance of…
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St. Valentine’s Day: A History
Roses, chocolate, candle-lit dinners and Valentine cards are part of the language and practice of friends and lovers on St. Valentine’s Day. The holiday…
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Holy Week: The Journey to Easter
While long winter nights ease into light-filled days and green shoots poke through crusty snow, the Lenten fast draws toward its final week known…
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Saints of Ireland: The Real Patrick
Origins of St. Patrick’s Day As early as the 9th or 10th century, the Irish observed March 17th as a religious holiday honoring Ireland’s…
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February 14th: Ash Wednesday, the Beginning of Lent
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Season of Lent for the Western Christian Church. It includes the 46 days before Easter on…
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New Years Day in Pasadena, CA
Happy New Year from the beautiful Pasadena Rose Parade! This comes from a local, born and raised in the area, and of the third…
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Spreading the Light on Hanukkah
Put on your yarmulke, it’s time for – wait, what exactly is Hanukkah about? Or is it Chanukah? Some have argued that there are…
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European Christmas Markets: Strasbourg, France
According to the official Strasbourg Christmas market website: “It was in Strasbourg in 1570 that the very first edition of the oldest Christmas market in…
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Fathers & Prison – How Does it Work Once Dad Returns Home?
“I had a struggle yesterday,” Rick begins. “I got laid off from work.” Rick is a husband and a father. He considers himself…
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Original Mother’s Day Proclamation – By Julia Ward Howe
Written in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe, the following proclamation explains, in her own impassioned words, the goals of the original “Mother’s Peace Day”…
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They Tried to Kill Us. We Won. Let’s Eat! A Passover Framework
Ask a Jew to explain Passover, and they might respond with a humorous sentiment that may very well summarize most Jewish holidays: “They tried…
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