Is There Really a 'Sunday Exception' During Lent?
Is there a so-called "Sunday exception” during Lent? It’s not as clear-cut as you may have thought.
Matthew Newsome
Deacon Matthew Newsome is the Catholic Campus Minister at Western Carolina University in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. He is married with seven children.
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