Services for Ash Wednesday took place Wednesday across western Massachusetts. In the Christian tradition, Ash Wednesday marks ...

The Roman Missal, which prescribes the ritual for Ash Wednesday, explains that at Mass the ashes made from the palms blessed on Palm ... 4. Ashes have more than one meaning. The word “ashes ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Christians worldwide are observing Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Lenten season. At Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in West Ashley, congregants ...

There are numerous ways you can have a meaningful Ash Wednesday this year. Many churches in the area offer Ash Wednesday services where you could go and worship. On Ash Wednesday, we remember that ...

Those palms typically are kept for a year then burned in preparation for Ash Wednesday. “The general rule is that, with anything blessed, you have to burn it or bury it to dispose of it,” he said.

Traditionally, ashes used on Ash Wednesday are gathered up after palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned. They are then blessed before ... are said to have waved palm fronds to ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer ... receiving cross-shaped ashes on their forehead. That was the case Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg. Remove the ads from your ...