The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent ...

A young woman receives ashes marking Ash Wednesday inside the Notre-Dame de la Treille Basilica - Cathedral in Lille, France on March 5, 2025. (photo: Brigitte Naeye / Brigitte Naeye) Solène ...

A church in Los Angeles is asking for prayers after it was vandalized on Ash Wednesday, a holy day in Catholicism. The vandalism occurred at Our Mother of Good Counsel church in the Los Feliz ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Deacon Joe DesMaris, foreground, uses ashes to make the sign of the cross on Gwen Torfin's forehead while her niece Eloise Essen watches on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at St. Francis of Assisi ...

OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY. TODAY, MANY CATHOLICS IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION ARE AMONG THOSE TAKING PART IN THE RITUALS. KCRA 3’S DENEEKA HILL WAS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN DOWNTOWN ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...

Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, a period of reflection for Catholics worldwide. While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up ...

OR BY CAR. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE PARTICIPATING IN ASH WEDNESDAY, REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION. IT KIND OF MIGHT HAVE ITS ROOTS IN CATHOLICISM, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT UNIQUE TO CATHOLICISM.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Ash Wednesday is a day observed by some Christians that marks the beginning of Lent. One Sioux Falls church is observing the day a little differently than most churches.

(WGNO) — Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent ... but this year is going to be a banner year,” he said. Schlaudecker said last year was a tough year for crawfish, and this year started ...