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Celebrate Easter season until Pentecost with daily and weekly written, audio and video resources.

Seasonal Features
Easter to Pentecost
Sunday Soundbites
with Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M.

Easter—A Matter of Faith
Second Sunday of Easter—Doubting Thomas
Third Sunday of Easter—Preparing for the Future
Fourth Sunday of Easter—Among the Lord's Flock
Fifth Sunday of Easter—United With Each Other
Sixth Sunday of Easter—Invited Into Intimacy
The Ascension of the Lord—Signs of Christ's Presence
Seventh Sunday of Easter—Bearing Christ's Name
Pentecost—Creating a New Unity

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Lent/Easter 2009 News
The AmericanCatholic.org Lent/Easter news feature focuses on coverage of the ongoing events of the Lenten and Easter seasons from the Vatican and throughout the world from Ash Wednesday (Feb. 25) through Easter Sunday (April 12) and until Pentecost (May 31).

More Easter Inspiration
New!A Doctor's Good Friday Reflections
Resurrection's promise is already contained in Jesus' suffering on the cross.

New! Thérèse of Lisieux: Our Easter Season Spiritual Guide
If our life experiences and the Church’s liturgical year seem out of sync, this Doctor of the Church can help.

New!Agony in the Garden: Understanding the Passion of Jesus
Examine Jesus' agony in the Garden of Gethesemane by looking at the meaning of agony, the drama of the garden, the three tests of the garden, the sleeping apostles and the moment of grace.

The Journey to Easter
A parish experiences the joys of the Easter Vigil as it welcomes new members into the Church.

The First Pentecost
A narrative account of the first Pentecost where a new Church has begun.

We Believe in the Resurrection
The Resurrection is the crowning event in the historical life of Jesus. Learn what happened during the Resurrection and how the Resurrection launched the Christian faith and shaped our belief in Jesus’ identity.

Easter and Sacraments of Initiation
Gifts of the Holy Spirit from the Catholic Update Video,
"Sealed With God's Spirit"

Called by Name from the Catholic Update Video,
"Adult Baptism: Exploring Its Meaning"

Life Is Yours from "Resurrection Power"
by Megan McKenna


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Jerome Emiliani: A careless and irreligious soldier for the city-state of Venice, Jerome was captured in a skirmish at an outpost town and chained in a dungeon. In prison Jerome had a lot of time to think, and he gradually learned how to pray. When he escaped, he returned to Venice where he took charge of the education of his nephews—and began his own studies for the priesthood. 
<p>In the years after his ordination, events again called Jerome to a decision and a new lifestyle. Plague and famine swept northern Italy. Jerome began caring for the sick and feeding the hungry at his own expense. While serving the sick and the poor, he soon resolved to devote himself and his property solely to others, particularly to abandoned children. He founded three orphanages, a shelter for penitent prostitutes and a hospital. </p><p>Around 1532 Jerome and two other priests established a congregation, the Clerks Regular of Somasca, dedicated to the care of orphans and the education of youth. Jerome died in 1537 from a disease he caught while tending the sick. He was canonized in 1767. In 1928 Pius Xl named him the patron of orphans and abandoned children.</p> Can I Be Redeemed? The practice of prayer develops into a habit, and out of this habitual prayer God forms in us and with us the Christian virtues, especially humility and courage.

 
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Audio! Gift of the Red Bird
A remarkable spiritual adventure!

 
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