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Lent: Time to strengthen one’s faith

On: March 11, 2020

In: Blog

By Shini Melukunnel Jharsuguda, March 11, 2020: The memory of growing up as a child in a traditional family in Kerala, southern India, is vivid. The Lenten season then consisted of sacrifice, giving up non-vegetarian items, fasting on Fridays. When I look back, those were mere rituals for me. TodayContinue Reading

These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent

By: Matters India

On: March 1, 2017

In: International

Washington D.C.- As Ash Wednesday kicks off the Lenten season, Catholics enter into 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol and other luxuries. But did you know that Catholic monks once brewed beer specifically for a liquid-only Lenten fast? Back in the 1600s, Paulaner monks moved from Southern ItalyContinue Reading