Members of the second grade class of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish at St. Aloysius Church in Wilkes-Barre and Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church in Hanover Twp. received the sacrament of First Penance ...

Members of the second-grade classes of St. Robert Bellarmine and Exaltation of the Holy Cross received First Penance and took part in a prayer service at St. Aloysius Church. Students are now ...

For the Church’s first seven centuries, penance could be received no more than once in a lifetime. That policy dated back to the time of St. Peter. The New Testament tells us... - Published on August ...

In today’s society, we are constantly regaled with a chorus of My Way — of acceptance of who we are, amid all our faults and eccentricities, and in whatever state. But Jesus cites a different way in ...

We acquire gnana through penance. Thriumoolar did penance; as a result, the world got his great work of religious wisdom: Thirumantiram. Tiruvalluvar speaks highly of the value of penance. He says he ...