Flint Powers Catholic sophomore Aliyah Rose, 15 at center, prays with her classmates after receiving the ash cross on her ...

The next day, Ash Wednesday, marks the start of a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, Lent. "We impose ashes on ourselves to remind us of our sin," the Rev. Raphael Assamah said.

Washington D.C., Mar 5, 2025 / 18:36 pm. A Catholic Mass was reportedly celebrated for the staff at the White House today in observance of Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday is a traditional day of repentance for Christians. While most often observed by Catholics, many Lutherans, United Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Anglicans also observe Ash ...

Members of the Catholic Church, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are known as obligatory days of abstinence. Children 14 and ...

Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier this afternoon.

Between 550 and 575 students came together at Powers Catholic High School in Flint this week for the school’s Ash Wednesday service.