by The Exodus Team | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles, Fraternity, Fraternity Leaders, Our Team Picks
My first Exodus was in 2016, but I didn’t have a fraternity. After that year, someone from the Exodus team called me to ask about my experience. They were surprised I didn’t have a fraternity, but I still decided to go solo again in 2017. A few years later, I...
by The Exodus Team | Dec 12, 2023 | Articles, Asceticism, liturgical questions
The Ember days are occasions to thank God for the blessings received during the previous season, pray for those ordained, and renew ourselves spiritually. They are days of fasting and abstinence. These fasts were initially called “quatuor tempora” (the four times)....
by The Exodus Team | Nov 29, 2023 | Advent, Feast Days, Our Team Picks
On December 6th, we celebrate the feast of St. Nicholas, a.k.a. Santa Claus. As you may have expected, St. Nicolas’s story neither begins at the North Pole nor in Sombertown. Rather, it begins in the city of Myra, located in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Nicolas was...
by The Exodus Team | Nov 15, 2023 | Advent, Articles, Feast Days
Advent is a time of anticipation as we prepare for the coming of Jesus. He first came into the world in Bethlehem, greeted by shepherds and kings. Now it is our turn to welcome him as he is born again in our hearts this Christmas. Below are the disciplines of prayer,...
by The Exodus Team | Nov 9, 2023 | Advent, Articles, Feast Days
It can be hard to know what to do during Advent. Lent has a clearer focus of praying and fasting with Jesus in the desert. Advent focuses on expectation and hope, but what should we expect during Advent? During this preparatory season before Christmas, we put...
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