WESTFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Services for Ash Wednesday took place Wednesday across ... For centuries, Christians have received a sign of the cross with ashes on their forehead at the beginning ...

A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

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 ...

THE FIRST ASH WEDNESDAY MASS WITH THE NEW ARCHBISHOP ... ARCHBISHOP GROB INVITED A SPECIAL GUEST. HIS MOM. I’M SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM. MY FATHER DIED YOUNG AT AGE 57. I’M AN ONLY CHILD AND ...

Typically, the ashes used in the Ash Wednesday service are procured from burning the previous year's palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration. The ashes from the palms are then blessed by a ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Lenten calendar. The name is representative of the tradition for practicing Christians to have their foreheads marked with ashes during Ash Wednesday services.

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 ...

Holy Trinity Catholic church will have Ash Wednesday services at 7:25 a.m., noon and 5 p.m. Our Lady of Grace and Saint Pius both have masses scheduled at 8 a.m. and at 6 p.m. More Catholic mass ...

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 ...