Ash Wednesday

Carnaval takes place around the Catholics’ time of lent. During carnaval, people dress up and crowd the streets in costumes. This is a time for people to feel freer than they would the rest of the year. Carnaval is celebrated before lent officially starts because the eating and drinking gets out of hand during the parties and festivities. The basis of the celebration can be traced back to Roman celebration and to Europe in the middle ages. Carnaval is largely celebrated in Spain, during…

Rio is located in Brazil, it is a huge seaside city, famed for all of its tourist attractions , great tasting foods and festivals. Founded in 1565 by the portuguese, later in 1763 it became the capital city of Brazil. Rio is the 2nd largest city in brazil, the 6th largest city in the americas, and the world's thirty fifth largest city by population. Rio De Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, carnival, samba, bossa nova and…

Born to Julia Mae Means Walker and Shelton Walker on July 4, 1921, Ethel Mae started her life’s journey in Ashburn, Georgia. She was the fifth born of ten children. She received her education at Eureka High School in Ashburn and she accepted Christ at an early age. Ethel was an adventurous girl and at the age of 22 she and her sister Augusta (Inez), decided to catch a train to Chicago, Illinois in hopes of receiving better lives. Their Aunt Oda Mae Means-Patterson welcomed them with opened…

How T. S. Eliot’s Passion for Knowledge and Experiences Influenced His Prolific Work T. S. Eliot was a phenomenal poet who mainly wrote in the 20th century. He had many events that happened throughout his lifetime, had a great amount of influences, and wrote lots of poems and plays. Eliot was a very distinguishable author, and his many works still stand out even today. Thomas Stearns Eliot (hereinafter referred to as “Eliot”) was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 26, 1888. Eliot was the…

needlework of many designs styles and colors and flares at the bottom lightweight cotton with Ruffles stamped with bright floral design The Pollera is a folklore form of dress worn in panama during the festival and celebrated 4 days before Ash Wednesday. The hairdressing is another part of the Pollera and the hair is parted down the center and has pulled back tightly behind the ears put in two braids covered with tembleques. large tortoise shell comb embellished with pearls and gold is worn…

and friends. God rested on the seventh day setting Himself as an example to His creation. Very directly God tells us to “Keep My Day Holy”.  Reminder – for the dioceses of the United States the days for fasting are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The days of abstinence are Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. I am Proud to be a Catholic Perpetual Adoration Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life, the Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Eucharist is made visible within a parish chapel in a monstrance…

recovering forests of Australia. A survey was taken in 2011 at Anstey Hill in two different locations, one at the location where Ash Wednesday took place in 1983 and at another location where and uncontrolled fire took place in 1995. The survey looks at the recovery time of ground and canopy cover since the fires took place. After a controlled burn in the location of Ash Wednesday in 2012, another survey in 2015 shows the recovery once again of this site. By comparing these results with the 1995…

Neil Richard Gaiman,born on November 10th, 1960 in Portchester, United Kingdom is best known as a sci-fi and fantasy writer. His father was a company director and his mother was a pharmacist. Since his mother is Jewish, Mr.Gaiman practices Judaism. When he was a child, Gaiman had read comic books and normal books, at one point he had read through all of the children’s books in his local library. Prior to being 16, Gaiman read comic books, though stopped because he felt that he had outgrown them…

Epiphany to Lent Read Ephesians 6 On Ash Wednesday things will change. The light of the world will become the sufferer of life. It seems too soon. On the first day of January, annually Christians and others may celebrate the birth of Mary's baby - Jesus. Now look and listen as songs have turned from praise of birth to hymns and music for a season of ministry, before death. What makes it bad or sad? Why is it that there often a madding sense of frustration that comes, after such a…

Gaining Access Part of the reason the group chose St Stephen was because there was easy access. First and foremost it’s a public church; anyone can go and attend mass or talk to Father Ken if they want to. It’s especially easy for students to do so because it’s very close to campus and is practically all student run. Our group also had an inside connection with a member of the church which helped us to get a foot in the door. One of the member’s roommates is Catholic and goes to church every…