Clan Plan

More than a third of U.S. adults have traveled to a family reunion in the past three years, according to a Travel Industry Association of America survey. The trade group says that translates into nearly 72 million adults attending a formal family reunion during that period. Tom Ninkovich, author of Family Reunion Handbook, says about 200,000 families plan reunions each year with an average of 40 people in attendance at each.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis