Ash Wednesday and what you should not do during Lent On Ash Wednesday, adults are supposed to avoid meat and can eat only one large meal. They may eat smaller meals in between but the meals should ...

Henning also will distribute ashes in the morning at Boston College High School in Dorchester on Ash Wednesday, a holy day of prayer and fasting that marks the start of Lent.

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and ends on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. During this time, Catholics are encouraged to deepen their faith through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

When is Ash Wednesday 2025? This year, Ash Wednesday falls on March 5. In 2025 it ends on April 17, known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday.

Layman Serena Beeks of St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish distributes ashes to Sonia Martinez during the “Ash and Dash” drive-through Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Upland ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is on March 5, 2025. Lent, a period of prayer, fasting, and giving, ends on April 17, 2025. Easter Sunday is on April 20, 2025.

And for Ash Wednesday, March 5 this year, start with the date of Easter Sunday, back up six weeks (that gives you the first Sunday of Lent), and then back up four more days: Ash Wednesday is the ...

Eliana Magana, 4, (center) receives ashes in front of her sister, Olivia, 6, during Ash Wednesday in the chapel at Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre on Wednesday March 5, 2025.

Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance, marked by ashes being placed on a worshiper's forehead in the shape of a cross by a priest, pastor or minister during church services. Ashes are a symbol of ...

Vatican Makes New Plans for Ash Wednesday as Worst Is Apparently Over in Pope's Pneumonia Battle ROME (AP) — Pope Francis reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia Friday as ...