CatholicGreetings.org Premiere - Celebrate Mardi Gras and Lent

February 23, 2006

This issue: The Catholic season of Lent 2006 starts on Ash Wednesday, March 1. Celebrate Mardi Gras (Tuesday, February 28) and the beginning of Lent with Catholic e-cards.

Celebrate Mardi Gras
	Happy Mardi Gras “Joy! That’s what I long to give to you today, Lord, joy!”
	Happy Mardi Gras “The whole earth cries out to God, singing for joy!”
	Happy Mardi Gras “Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: Rejoice!”
Lent Begins March 1
	Lent “Lent is an ideal time to remember that we, in the deepest way, must learn to depend on God.”
	Lent “We pray, give alms, encourage and lean on each other. We’re all in this together.”

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February 2006

28 Mardi Gras

March 2006

1  Ash Wednesday
3  St. Katharine Drexel
3  First Sunday of Lent

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