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50 days of Easter
He is Risen - Alleluia! The Easter season within the Church is a period of fifty days dedicated to “learning the mysteries”, or mystagogy. For both the newly baptized, the neophytes, and for the entire community, it is a time to grow in deepening our grasp of the Paschal Mystery. The Easter season is, with the exception of Ordinary Time, the longest liturgical season. It is different from the rest in that, rather than preparing for a feast, our aim is to prolong the one we just celebrated.
Fifty Days of Easter: Learning the Mysteries
Fifty Days of Easter: Hospitality
Fifty Days of Easter: The Good Shepherd
Fifty Days of Easter: The Vine and The Branches
Fifty Days of Easter: Friendship
Fifty Days of Easter: Continuing the Mission
Fifty Days of Easter: The Holy Spirit
Lent
Our 2009 Lenten feature offers guides and suggestions for personal reflection and suggestions for enriching your relationships with the Lord and with others. We hope you will visit our Lent Web page throughout the Lenten season and that your visits will bring deeper meaning and discovery to your life as a disciple of the Lord.
Visit our 2009 Lenten feature
Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross are meant to help people to make in spirit, as it were, a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death, and this has become one of the most popular of Catholic devotions in the season of Lent. Take a virtual walk through our online Stations of the Cross. The photos for this feature are from Good Shepherd Parish in Berlin, New Hampshire.
Take a virtual tour of the Stations of the Cross
Daily Video Reflections
Each day the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offers a video reflection on the day's scripture. Several priests from the Diocese of Manchester will be featured on the USCCB Web site, offering their reflections on the day's readings.
Click here for a schedule
Year of St. Paul
A special jubilee year dedicated to St. Paul will run from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009, to mark the approximately 2,000th anniversary of the saint's birth. Our "Year of St. Paul" web feature offers coverage of activities and celebrations planned in honor of the Pauline year.Find out more about the Year of St. Paul
Advent Nativity Scenes
Christ was born among us and came as one of us. Take a moment to tour our Nativity Web gallery and you’ll see so much cultural diversity, from the hand-carved ebony figures from Africa to the delicate Waterford crystal pieces from Ireland. Each set reflects the details and artistic styles from very diverse cultures. As you scan the images you’ll find one common element central to all sets and that is Christ.
This year we are adding to our Web gallery and invite you to send us photos from your own collection. You may be inspired to design a new scene this year or pull out photos from a previous year. Submissions are welcome from personal collections and parishes alike.
Click here to view the gallery and to submit your photo
Eucharistic Congress
Read about the journey of over 130 pilgrims and priests led by Bishop McCormack which was the largest delegation from a United States diocese to the Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City! Find photos and stories from Quebec City about the New Hampshire pilgrims as they took part in the festivities and events of the international celebration of the Eucharist, the center of our Catholic faith.Learn more about the Eucharistic Congress and read stories and see photos from New Hampshire pilgrims
Papal Visit
Pope Benedict XVI's six-day visit to the United States in April 2008 began in Washington, DC and continued on to New York City. Visit our website's Papal Visit feature which highlighted news, nformation, video coverage, and a virtual pilgrimage of the Holy Father's visit.Read about the Papal Visit