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

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Catherine Piaskowski, of Hamtramck, rocks her 2-month-old infant, Josephine Piaskowski, after receiving ashes during Archbishop Emeritus Allen Vigneron’s final Ash Wednesday Mass, at St ...

Ash Wednesday – officially known as the Day of Ashes — is a day of repentance, when Christians confess their sins and profess their devotion to God. During a Mass, a priest places the ashes ...

The ashes are created the day before the mass by burning palm branches across throughout parishes in the Archdiocese in Miami. Patty Marma prays during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Anthony Church in ...

It was his last Ash Wednesday Mass as the archbishop ... today with great thanksgiving for my service as a priest." The ashes are a reminder of hope and keep us focused on what's important ...

THE CHURCH SAYS ASHES ARE A REMINDER THROUGHOU Ash Wednesday ... 7 a.m. - 1 p.m.St. Louis Cathedral at Ash Wednesday Mass (615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans) 12:05 p.m. Ash Wednesday marks ...

Ash Wednesday a significant day in the liturgical calendar that marks the start of the season of Lent and fasting.

A long line during Mass to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday on March 5, 2025 in the Notre-Dame de la Treille Basilica - Cathedral in Lille, France. (Photo: Brigitte Naeye) The author partly linked ...

THE FIRST ASH WEDNESDAY MASS WITH THE NEW ARCHBISHOP MALLORY ANDERSON IS AT PIUS HIGH SCHOOL. IT’S A SIGN THE LENTEN SEASON HAS BEGUN. MILLIONS OF CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD RECEIVING ASHES ON ...

Ash Wednesday ... blessed with ashes in the shape of a cross on their foreheads — and then spend the day wearing that symbol of their own mortality. Typically, a priest at a Mass delivers ...