With Lent almost upon us, I’ve thought about what I’m going to either “give up” or “do more of.”

Last month, I wrote that discipleship will be a recurring theme the Inland Catholic columns during this year.

This past Lent, parishioners of St. Francis Xavier and St. Patrick Catholic Parishes, under the guidance of Father David Gaines, wished to donate their parishes Lenten almsgiving collections to a local nonprofit charity, the Anna Schindler Foundation (ASF

There is something to be said about our human nature that wants to “have our cake and eat it too.”

Lent... it’s not a time to lock ourselves in a personal dungeon.

Every morning, Joe and Sherry Dunn hold hands on their living room couch and pray these words of openness and vulnerability to God working in their lives.

This veteran teacher is still learning. 

Todd is a living testament to how people can be conduits of God’s love and grace.

What Pope Francis has been saying and doing recently

Experience mercy and forgiveness during Lent