Every February, people all across America wait for a large rodent named Punxsutawney Phil to tell us on Groundhog Day whether there will be six more weeks of winter. Although Phil's predictions have ...
People run from a bull during the annual Candlemas celebrations in Tlacotalpan, Mexico in 2011. A pack of bulls is let loose to rampage through the streets for hours as crowds taunt them as part of ...
February 2nd is a big deal for Catholic believers because it's Candlemas Day. On this day, it's customary to bring the image of Baby Jesus, along with candles and rosemary, to the church for a ...
While many people know the date as Groundhog Day, the celebration of Feb. 2 in the Catholic Church began far earlier than 1887, the year people across the United States started looking for a woodchuck ...
YORK, Pa. – The results are in: On Groundhog Day 2020, Punxsutawney Phil could not find his shadow. And as the legend goes, this means we're in for an early spring. The Pennsylvania groundhog isn't ...
The Christian festival of Candlemas commemorates the purification of Mary after giving birth, as well as the presentation of Jesus in the temple. Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary ...
If this sentiment seems familiar to you it is because it is very close to what is said about its secular counterpart, Groundhog Day, also celebrated Feb. 2. The Catholics of long ago had it down pat ...
Does your home still have some of your Christmas decorations up? Tradition says they have to come down in the first week of January in time for Twelfth Night - but what if you could keep them for ...
Rev Dr Emma Pennington is the cathedral's Canon Missioner Canterbury Cathedral will mark the end of its Christmas season this weekend with a Christingle service for Candlemas. From November until the ...