X - CLOSE

Make your gift today!

Help keep Catholics around the world educated and informed.

$1000
$500
$100
$50
$25
$
$5 USD is the minimum online donation. All donations are tax deductible in the US.
One Time
Monthly

Already donated? Log in to stop seeing these donation pop-ups.

Catholic Dictionary

Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

Random Term from the Dictionary:

OUR LADY

The most popular title for the Blessed Virgin in Catholic piety and literature. Its first recorded use in English is in the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf (c. A.D. 750) and is commonly associated with some special prerogative or office of the Blessed Virgin, e.g., Our Lady of Ransom, Our Lady of Divine Providence, Our Lady of the Way. It is equivalent to Madonna in Italian, and Domina in Latin.

Wed18 March
Lent

Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop

Image for Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop

The first reading from Isaiah represents one of the most striking passages of the Bible that affirms the love of God for his people. It was a message of consolation addressed to the Jewish captives in Babylon promising them the joys of Messianic times. We are also captives and exiles because of our sins and human…

Learn more about this day.

March Calendar ›