If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would’ve seen people pouring out onto the steps after the Ash Wednesday service. The mass, one of many held at the downtown ...

If you notice people with ash‑marked crosses on their foreheads on Feb. 18, it’s because of Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent on the Christian calendar. Ash Wednesday falls the day after ...

The Christian observance of Ash Wednesday Feb. 18 this year and will mark the season of Lent, leading up to Easter. Lent is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with ...

POTTSVILLE — When John Corrales was a student at St. Mary’s Central Catholic parochial school in Odessa, Texas, the nuns taught him that not eating meat on Fridays and fasting during Lent would bring ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - If churches seem a little busier today than they normally would be on a Wednesday, there is a reason. Catholic and Protestant Christians from a variety of denominations will be ...

The faithful across Hancock County gathered at services Wednesday, opening the season of Lent with prayer, penance and fasting. Ash Wednesday is the first day of the 40-day Lenten season, dedicated to ...

Dried palm fronds engulfed by a ball of flames Tuesday provided students a visual connection to the upcoming Lenten season at St. Theresa Catholic School in Palatine. Fronds from last year's Palm ...

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