Bishop Michael Sis of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo will be in Abilene for Ash Wednesday observances at all three universities, McMurry, Hardin-Simmons, and Abilene Christian. He will be at McMurry for an 8 a.m. Mass in the chapel in the student center. The McMurry service will be the only Mass that the Bishop presides over. He will conduct
Read moreBy Marianne Wood Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, and Valentine’s Day, the start of another day of sweet gratification, begin on the same day this year. Is there a Greg playing a trick on us…a ploy by a calendar miscreant? For the faithful, one must choose a path to indulgence or piety. What to do! Shall we count this
Read moreBishop Michael J. Sis will be in Abilene the week of Feb. 20 for Ash Wednesday services and for a Teaching Mass at Holy Family Catholic Church. The Teaching Mass will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Holy Family, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road. The bishop will explore “the beautiful meaning of the sign, symbols, and actions of the
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By LORETTA FULTON The season of Lent begins Wednesday, March 2, with the traditional Ash Wednesday services, followed by six weeks of reflection, study, and in somes cases, giving up something such as particular food items or bad habits. But first, its’s time to feast–at least in some traditions. Tuesday, March 1, is Shrove Tuesday, which takes its name from
Read moreNews ReleaseCatholic Diocese of San Angelo For Catholics in the Diocese of San Angelo, Bishop Michael Sis has dispensed from the obligation of fasting and abstinence on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, and Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.This is because of the conditions of the current winter storm. Many people are without electricity, water, and heat, and driving conditions are hazardous
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(Editor’s Note: Bishop Sis has canceled the Ash Wednesday services that were scheduled to be held in Abilene Feb. 17) By LORETTA FULTON Weather and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic permitting, Bishop Michael Sis of the Diocese of San Angelo will be in Abilene Wednesday for two Ash Wednesday services. But those services won’t be in one of the four local
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By The Rev. LESLIE DUNLAP On Ash Wednesday, Grace Lutheran Church will once again be offering “Drive-through Ashes,” a new approach to a centuries-old Christian tradition. I will be located on the sidewalk in front of the church at 1202 S. Pioneer Drive from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. You can pull up and
Read moreBy LESLIE STRADER Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor was once asked to describe the greatest paradigm shift she encountered during her rise to the Supreme Court. She responded by saying, “The existence of evil. I didn’t want to believe anybody could be purely evil, but I know now they can. Evil exists.” British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge once said, “The depravity
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By LORETTA FULTON Appropriately, Bishop Michael Sis prefaced the Ash Wednesday liturgy with a bit of education. Appropriate because the setting was Logsdon Chapel at Baptist-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University. The education and the liturgy would be repeated later in the day at United Methodist McMurry University and at Abilene Christian University, with ties to the Churches of Christ. Before the actual
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