While it’s not a Holy Day of Obligation to attend mass, the Catholic Church still requires Catholics to follow specific rules on Ash Wednesday. Unlike last year when St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and prayer that ends at Easter. For observant Christians, it's a day of repentance and a time to confess sins and profess devotion to ...

Both Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day fall on Feb. 14 this year. For observant Catholics, that means the most romantic day of the year will be put on hold for one of the major holidays on the ...

It happens every year on Ash Wednesday. In our downtown parishes, women and men, old and young, office and construction workers, corporate lawyers, police officers, messengers and many others cut ...

"Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence," according to the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. "Catholics ages 14-59 -- unless excused due to illness, chronic disease, pregnant or nursing women -- ...

As the Mardi Gras season comes to an end, the Lenten season begins with Ash Wednesday. Across Acadiana there are multiple locations offering Ash Wednesday services. St. Pius X Catholic Church: 5:30 ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before Easter, known as Lent. For many Christians, its start is noted by receiving ...

Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended church services for Ash Wednesday. Monsignor Dan Yenushosky held Mass at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Whitehall Township. See photos below.

Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday, March 5, to observe the start of the solemn 40-day season of Lent, which leads up to Easter. Students with Holy Trinity ...