A friend once asked me, “What are you giving up for Lent this year?” and I said, “This year for Lent I’m just giving up.” ...

Private schools in the area are jumping into spring with exciting new events and engaging activities for staff and students.

A new study has found that in many countries around the world, 20% or more of all adults have left their childhood religion.

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 ...

Archbishop Hebda said that the word for humility comes from the Latin word “humus,” for earth or ground. To him, there’s an immediate connection between humility and the spreading of the ashes on Ash ...

Hitting 1 million followers on Instagram is an achievement often celebrated in creative ways by social media influencers, but when Father David Michael Moses marked that milestone on Ash ...

Lent 2025 started on Wednesday, March 5 with Ash Wednesday.

Question: I saw a number of people putting ashes on their forehead and people also have shared they have to give up things for Lent. Can you briefly explain what is Lent and why so many people find it ...

The Center for Faith, Action and Ministry (CFAM) provides a variety of events and retreats for students to observe Lent.

“It’s Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent,” declared ... “When you get the ashes placed on your forehead, they say, ‘Remember, from dust you came, and to dust you’ll return,’” said ...

A Christian woman on TikTok claims that her boss demanded she remove Ash Wednesday ashes from her forehead at work. She explained that she works in a restaurant and was ready to work at the ...

Ash Wednesday is a day of solemn reflection and repentance that reminds Christians of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God. People receive ashes on their foreheads on Ash ...