Lent Madness is pits saints against each other for the coveted Golden Halo. There is a website with weekly video updates and regular blog posts. Every day, thousands of people read about and vote for their favorite saints online.
This discipline can help people live out their faith. As Lent Madness founder Tim Schenck, rector of St. John’s in Hingham, says, by virtue of baptism, even flawed people are saints — and saints, when you learn about them, are flawed people.
"So often we stick saints in stained glass and we put them in statues, or trap them into oil paintings," Schenck says. "But these were real people with blood coursing through their veins. And so as people learn about these different saints, they are really drawing some inspiration from their lives."