After six Fridays of not eating meat, Christians observing Lent are nearly at the finish line. The 40-day season of prayer comes to an end this week just ahead of the Easter holiday.

It is, after all, Lent, and as such, fish takes center stage for Catholics who abstain from eating meat. Also, many don’t even know the names of our local fish varieties.

For the Catholic majority of the Philippines, the Lenten season is a time for reflection, prayer, and abstinence. People often go meatless on Fridays, prompting restaurants to adjust their offerings ...

Valley church kitchens busy during Lenten season By Jerri Brouse For The Daily Item Mar 24, 2025 Updated Mar 25, 2025 1 of 6 ...

Ash Wednesday service at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on March 5. (Photo: Nikkita Tyler/8News) Along with repentance and mortality comes fasting during the Lenten season.

Lenten season arrives in Macomb County Local churches host Ash Wednesday services Parishioner Theresa D’Hondt receives ashes from Rev. Ronald DeHondt Pastor of St. Margaret’s Wednesday morning.

Third, Lent is a great time to spend time with holy scripture. You might like to read one of the Gospels over the season of Lent. Or perhaps you’ll want to read all 150 psalms.

School children and parishioners observed the start of the somber Lenten season with the Ash Wednesday mass at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica early in the morning, the congregation emerging from ...

This means that Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent also change. Here's what to know about Easter 2025 season and when Ash Wednesday, Lent and Good Friday happen this year.

The season lasts for 40 days, ending during Holy Week, the final week before Easter. In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent ends on Holy Thursday, or April 17, 2025.

Ash Wednesday is officially here! The Christian season of Lent — the 6-week period that leads up to Easter — starts. What we know on dates, meanings and more.