Easter Sunday begins the Easter season. The 50-day Eastertide, running to Pentecost, is the longest season on the Church calendar (not counting Ordinary Time). Everything starts with the joyous ...

Some may find it surprising that while Jesus’ day of resurrection — known as Easter — is a high point of the church calendar year, Easter is actually meant to be lived out and celebrated as an entire ...

Easter Sunday begins the Easter season. The 50-day Eastertide, running to Pentecost, is the longest season on the Church calendar. Everything starts with the joyous celebrations of Easter Sunday and ...

The last 10 days of the Easter season run from Ascension Thursday until Pentecost Sunday. Many Catholics might think of the Ascension as the “end” of Jesus’ activity in the world (at least until He ...

From April 30 (Second Sunday of Easter)to, but excluding Pentecost Sunday, the Gospel readings of the Eucharist this year are all, but one (Luke c. 24), taken from John’s Gospel. Given this attention ...

PW's contributing religion editor Phyllis Tickle adapts her bestselling series The Divine Hours for the spring liturgical calendar with Eastertide: Prayers for Lent Through Easter from The Divine ...

We all had a long drive to get there. Out to the dusty plains of southwest Oklahoma, just north of the Red River, where my sister and I grew up. It is still the Old West out there, blown over by the ...

Use this succinct presentation to introduce your class to Easter season, from Jesus’ resurrection to the Pentecost. Written for KS1 and KS2 pupils, this short guide could be used as the starting point ...

Help your students to understand the Christian theology of the Easter season, from Jesus’ resurrection to the Pentecost. Pitched at KS3 and KS4 students, this short guide could be used as the starting ...

When we think of play in the springtime, we might think first of the charming ritual Easter egg hunt for chocolate bunnies and marshmallow duckies—those obscure objects of our childhood desire that ...