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Entering Lent: A Season of Repentance, Baptism and Hope

By Tish O’Hagan Worship Director Diocese of Boise The Church has two liturgical seasons whose main purpose is to prepare us for our great feast days — Christmas and Easter — and both seasons have a twofold nature. Advent is both eschatological (looking forward to the end times) and rooted in the coming celebration of the birth of Christ (looking backward to, and celebrating, a profound event in the history of salvation). Lent, the season we are about to enter, is a season

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Mike and Lauren Trana run a successful auto repair business. Despite the busy schedule, they schedule their time with their faith and keep family first.

Family First: A Catholic-owned business is shaped by faith and virtue

“Mike goes above and beyond to help customers with their cars. He still works on cars even though he’s a supervisor, but it’s so nice because the business isn’t completely dependent on him now. It gives him more freedom.”

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Entering Lent: A Season of Repentance, Baptism and Hope

By Tish O’Hagan Worship Director Diocese of Boise The Church has two liturgical seasons whose main purpose is to prepare us for our great feast days — Christmas and Easter — and both seasons have a twofold nature. Advent is both eschatological (looking forward to the end times) and rooted in the coming celebration of the birth of Christ (looking backward to, and celebrating, a profound event in the history of salvation). Lent, the season we are about to enter, is a season

30 minutes ago3 min read

Right to Life of Idaho: Initiative would nullify Idaho’s pro-life laws

Over 70,000 signatures needed to qualify for Nov. 2026 election Thousands participated in the 2026 March for Life and rally at the Capitol building on Saturday, March 24. Speaker Blaine Conzatti and keynote speaker Matt Britton urged the public to education themselves on the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act (RFPA), which seeks to legalize abortion and sex change surgeries for minors. (ICR photo/Philip A. Janquart) By Philip A. Janquart ICR Editor An abortion rights gro

58 minutes ago5 min read

Se integra comité para la Primera Conferencia Hispana de SVdP

De izquierda a derecha: Ralph May, director ejecutivo de SVdP Southwest; Rigo González Jr., tesorero; Carolina Carachuri, secretaria; Memo Gutiérrez, vicepresidente; Guadalupe Rodríguez, presidenta; Becky Swartz, presidenta del Consejo; y Cathy Hagadone, tesorera del Consejo, durante la instalación del comité de la recién establecida Conferencia Hispana. (ICR foto/Vero Gutiérrez) Vero Gutiérrez Editora Asistente Desde el espíritu de su fundador, Federico Ozanam, y la inspir

22 hours ago3 min read

The Courage to Be Catholic: The Vocation of Catholic Education in Our Schools

Photo of St. Mary's Catholic Students at All Schools Mass By Bishop Peter F. Christensen Catholic Schools Week invites our diocesan family to pause in gratitude and hope as we celebrate the life of our Catholic schools—their academic excellence, their communities of care, and their generous service. Yet this week also calls us to something deeper: to renew our commitment to the distinctly evangelical vocation of Catholic education entrusted to us as shepherds, educators, pare

4 days ago4 min read

Legislators begin this year’s session with prayer at diocesan Mass

The Founding Fathers of the United States secured religious freedom by clearly distinguishing religious authority from state power, “but their intent was never to exclude people of faith from the public square,” he explained.

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