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It’s Lent: Let’s all eat!

By FATHER DAVID H. GARCIA
The New Vision

Here we go again. The annual “eating-less” season. The fasting, abstinence, no chocolates or sodas, cutting back “maybe-this-Lent-I-will-finally-lose-weight” time of the year.
What does eating, or eating less, have to do with following Jesus?
There are lots of stories in the gospels about eating. One of the more powerful ones is in the gospel of Mark, where the evangelist gives us the story of the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus calls on His disciples to do something about other peoples’ hunger.
There are more than a billion people in the world today who do not know whether they will eat on any one day. It is the first time in the history of the human race that such a number of people are food insecure.

If you ever go across the
sea to Ireland…

By PAT WARGOCKI
The New Vision

Last year my husband and I celebrated our fortieth wedding anniversary. Ireland immediately came to the top of the list of possible destinations.
My husband had never been there and seemed really excited about going and meeting my relatives.
The only concern I had about the trip was how much I had built up Ireland (its people, landscape, music, food, literature and religious traditions) so that when it came time to actually visit there with my husband, I was afraid he would be disappointed.
Much to my delight, from the moment he laid eyes on the myriad fields of green, my husband fell in love with Ireland. We adored Dublin and enjoyed walking all over or riding trams or double-decker buses (which our three-year-old grandson referred to as “up-high buses” when he saw photos) to get to places of interest.

Pio Decimo’s tax assistance
helps families toward a
better financial future

By Ruth Liljenquist
Special to The New Vision

Ask just about anyone. Preparing tax returns can be very intimidating. Most of us would prefer to have someone do it for us, but that often costs money, which can be a burden on low-income families.
There’s another option, however. Pio Decimo Center offers free tax assistance to individuals and families with incomes up to $55,000 a year. IRS-trained volunteers work with each individual or family and help them fill out basic income tax returns. They also help people file amended returns and resolve tax disputes or problems with the IRS.
“Preparing taxes just scares people,” said Liz Thomey, who oversees the program. “We help them get through the process and save the money they would have paid to a tax preparer.”

Presidirá el Obispo Kicanas
Plática Sobre Bautismo

El reverendísimo Gerald F. Kicanas, Obispo de Tucson; el reverendísimo Ricardo Ramírez, Obispo de Las Cruces, New Mexico, y el reverendo Juan Sosa, presidente del Instituto Nacional Litúrgico Hispano, dirigirán una serie de interesantes pláticas en torno al bautismo.
Los exponentes invitarán a reflexionar sobre las diferentes formas en que todos podemos hacer realidad este sacramento por el que hemos sido llamados a seguir el camino de Cristo, a amar y servirnos unos a los otros.
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