A Catholic parish in Des Moines says winter weather will not cancel their plans to commemorate Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday this week. St. Theresa Catholic Church will have a Mardi Gras ...

Flint Powers Catholic sophomore Aliyah Rose, 15 at center, prays with her classmates after receiving the ash cross on her ...

Rev. Stephen Hamilton, pastor, traces a cross on the forehead of a woman during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Monica Catholic Church in Edmond, Oklahoma on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

Siouxland Catholic parishes will celebrate Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, with services at different times from their regular schedules. Although Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation in the ...

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 next day, Ash Wednesday, marks the start of a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, Lent. "We impose ashes on ourselves to remind us of our sin," the Rev. Raphael Assamah said.

Members of the Catholic Church, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are known as obligatory days of abstinence. Children 14 and ...

Washington D.C., Mar 5, 2025 / 18:36 pm. A Catholic Mass was reportedly celebrated for the staff at the White House today in observance of Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday is a traditional day of repentance for Christians. While most often observed by Catholics, many Lutherans, United Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Anglicans also observe Ash ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Churches across Green Country observed Ash Wednesday, including one in Muskogee that was damaged earlier this week by a fire. FOX23 told you on Monday when crews responded to ...

This year, the spring equinox is March 20, and the first full moon following it is on April 12, making Easter April 20. 46 days before April 20 is March 5, making that date Ash Wednesday for 2025.

Between 550 and 575 students came together at Powers Catholic High School in Flint this week for the school’s Ash Wednesday service.