Mardi Gras and its relationship with Lent is another example ... To celebrate the Virgin Mary, churches would light candles. One part of the tradition involved predicting the weather.

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Place the candles in the holder securely ... The spirit of penance during Advent is not the same as that for Lent and some joy is permitted. Gaudete means "rejoice" and takes its name from ...

The author on her new novel, The Glass House; her penchant for writing ‘why-done-its’; and the rawness of the teen years ...

After the election, I was worried about people being silenced. So I joined a choir.

Enniskerry (also Curtlestown & Glencree) Parish Office opening times: Monday to Friday: 10am to 1pm; email: ...

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The tradition of giving a candle and ribbon to children was started ... will pierce her heart which is a warning of the period of Lent and Holy Week to come, so it's a bittersweet time." ...