For the second in our series of Friday Lenten Reflections with the bishops of the Archdiocese of New York, Bishop Peter Byrne, Episcopal Vicar for Staten Island, says like people train for sports, during Lent we train and prepare our soul for eternity.
These reflections are published each Friday during Lent.
Leaders of three Manhattan churches shared their experience and guidance at an annual clergy gathering.
By:
Steven Schwankert
| 10/07/2026
“No creo que hubiera encontrado el camino de regreso de la manera en que lo hice si no hubiera participado en Effetá”.
By:
Armando Machado
| 10/07/2026
“I don’t think I would have found my way back the way I did if I didn’t do Effeta,” the St. Rose of Lima parishioner said.