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Preflight Focus A sailor conducts preflight checks on a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the... Photo Details > Ready to Launch An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham ... Photo Details > Loading Up Sailors load ordnance onto an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carri... Photo Details > Tomahawk Launch The guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black fires a Tomahawk land attack missile in support of... Photo Details > All Photos

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Epic Fury An F-35C Lightning II is staged for flight operations on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln ... Photo Details > In Motion A sailor signals the launch of a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from the flight deck of the USS ... Photo Details > Sailor's Signal A sailor signals the launch of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford in suppor... Photo Details > Sandy Haze A Navy air-cushioned landing craft participates in Type Commander's Amphibious Training 26.1 at Mari... Photo Details > Maintenance Check Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Callan Eastman performs maintenance on an E2-C Hawkeye aboard the USS G... Photo Details > Huddle Up Airmen coordinate security operations procedures during Sentry South at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Tra... Photo Details > Command and Control Marine Corps Cpl. Gavin McSwain looks out the back of an MV-22B Osprey during a Marine Aircraft Grou... Photo Details > All Photos

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A Lenten Prayer God of Hope,  You journey with us through the desert.  You challenge us to become more like Christ.   And So We Pray...

Give Alms This Lent   Join Catholics across the United States in sharing their gifts through CRS Rice Bowl, the Lenten program that fights hunger and poverty in more than 100 countries. A portion of your donation stays in your diocese.  ‌ "Almsgiving is the wing of prayer. If you do not provide your prayer with wings, it will hardly fly."  —Saint John Chrysostom  Make a Donation

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Fridays During Lent Fast and Abstain from Meat

We invite you to explore CRS Rice Bowl's meatless recipes from around the world and experience global solidarity in a simple way.

Catholics aged 18-59  fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Catholics aged 14 and older abstain from meat on all Fridays during Lent.

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Pray the Stations of the Cross

Pray the Stations of the Cross and meditate on Christ's suffering for us, while calling to mind the daily sufferings of our sisters and brothers.

During Lent, it's tradition to pray the 14 Stations of the Cross on Fridays, accompanying Our Lord on his journey to Calvary, where he was crucified.

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