Local Lenten luncheons to conclude

Local Lenten luncheons to conclude

NEW BETHLEHEM – The Redbank Valley Church Association has announced the schedule for the 2025 Lenten Services.

Hope in the cross: A Lenten experience

A pedestrian gives money to a homeless man sitting outside St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City. Almsgiving, donating money or goods to the poor and performing other acts of charity, is one of the three pillars of Lent, along with prayer and fasting, but some say it gets the least attention. OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz Lent gets its name from a word meaning “springtime,” the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening …