One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do stuff like this and live the liturgical life amongst the students,” The Rev.

Deacon Carlos Rubio, interim director of the University of Texas at El Paso Catholic Campus ministry, assists Bishop Mark J. Seitz in leading mass celebrating Ash Wednesday at UTEP on Wednesday ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier this afternoon. The mass, held at St. Anthony Catholic Church in ...

The modern-day Roman Catholic Church is credited for applying the ashes in the shape of a cross on the forehead. Is Ash Wednesday a holy day of obligation? Not according to britannica.com.

Jose Iglesias [email protected] Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier this afternoon.