Where do the ashes come from for Ash Wednesday? Dorsey Prince, right, and Shannon Carter pray during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church on Wednesday Feb. 22, 2023.

Catholics receive ashes on their forehead from Bishop Mark J. Seitz, who conducted a worship service on Ash Wednesday at the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

During Ash Wednesday masses, churchgoers line up to receive their ashes, which are derived from palm branches that are burned after Palm Sunday, a Christian celebration that falls on the Sunday ...

Ash Wednesday – officially known as the Day of Ashes – is a day of repentance, when Christians confess their sins and profess their devotion to God. During a Mass, a priest places the ashes on ...

Ashes are an ominous sign, and we use them on Ash Wednesday to remind ourselves of our own impending deaths. Death may come sooner, or it may come later, but it will surely come." ...

In the Catholic Church, ashes are applied to the forehead of each worship attendee at Ash Wednesday mass services. The receiving of ashes is not a sacrament of the Catholic Church and is therefore ...

Why Christians receive ashes on Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday marks the onset of Lent, a 40-day period of penitence (not including Sundays) that concludes with Easter.

Ash Wednesday will be different for Catholics this year amid COVID-19 concerns The Vatican has issued new guidelines for Ash Wednesday. Ashes will be sprinkled onto the head instead of the forehead.

Ash Wednesday Mass Offered at St. James Cathedral, ... As is customary, the ashes used on Ash Wednesday are made by burning the blessed palms distributed the prior year on Palm Sunday.

Deacon Michael Laroche places ashes on the forehead of Edward Chandler Jr. and blesses Edward Chandler III on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Whitehall Township.