Rock star Gwen Stefani recently shared details from her journey in the Christian faith as part of the Lent prayer challenge on the Hallow app.
Stefani has been more outspoken about her faith of late than she has been before. Last year, she partnered with Hallow (a Catholic prayer and meditation app) for its Advent prayer challenge, a decision that drew criticism from some of her fans.
“Growing up, faith was a central part of my life,” Stefani shared on Day 16 of Hallow’s Lent prayer challenge. “My siblings and I were baptized, received our first sacraments, and were enrolled in religious education.”
“Our family went to Sunday mass together, and our mother really led our family in faith,” she said. “I’m so grateful for the foundation that came from being raised like this.”
“When I was a teenager,” Stefani continued, “my parents registered my brother and me for a Catholic retreat. And I wish I could tell you that we were excited about this, but that just wasn’t the case.”
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Gwen Stefani: ‘My Faith Is What Drives Me’
Gwen Stefani is a Grammy Award-winning and -nominated artist who rose to fame as the lead singer of No Doubt, which achieved mainstream success with the band’s third album, “Tragic Kingdom.” Stefani, who has multiple solo albums, recently released the single “Still Gonna Love You” and the album “Bouquet Deluxe.”
Both Gwen Stefani and her husband Blake Shelton have publicly voiced praise for the popular series, “The Chosen,” which is based on the life of Jesus and stars Jonathan Roumie as Jesus. The first five episodes of Season 5 of the show have released in theaters, and the season’s final three episodes will come out April 11.
In December, Stefani joined Jonathan Roumie, Lauren Daigle, Bear Grylls, Kevin James, and Francis Chan for Hallow’s Pray25 Advent challenge.
Stefani’s steps to live out her faith more publicly have drawn praise and criticism. The star is also taking flak for telling Roumie on X that an interview he did with Tucker Carlson was “enlightening intelligent” and “beautiful.” In comments on an Instagram post about her newly released music, multiple people have accused the star of now being “MAGA” and supporting Trump.
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