Guide to Lent 2021: Living the Penitential Season Well

Discover prayerful tips for these 40 days.

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Claire Dwyer Features February 13, 2021

Wishing you a blessed Lenten journey!

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Claire Dwyer Claire Dwyer blogs about motherhood, the sacramentality of everyday life, and all things Catholic at EvenTheSparrow.com; and contributes regularly the WomenofGrace.com and CatholicMom.com. She coordinates adult faith formation at her parish in Phoenix, where she lives with her husband and their six children.

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