New York's Catholics observe the start of Lent throughout the city on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Today marks the beginning of Christianity's 40 days of prayer, fasting and giving ahead of ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service ...

GREENWICH — Christ Church Greenwich had multiple ways for people to get their ashes on Ash Wednesday. The church hosted three Eucharist services with ashes and provided "Ashes to Go" in its ...

DANBURY —St. Peter Church in Danbury celebrated multiple Masses on Ash Wednesday to distribute ashes to mark the start of Lent. Students from St. Peter School on the opposite of Main Street from ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Ash Wednesday ... images capture Chicagoans participating in the meaningful ritual of receiving ashes. Rev. Jonathan Grace, of the Urban Village Church, gives ashes ...

See photos below ... Deacon Dave Rohner does the Ash Wednesday reading at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church in Hellertown. Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services ...

Why exactly is this day celebrated? We'll go over the history of Ash Wednesday in the Christian church, answer whether or not it's just a Catholic observance (and if the Bible references this type ...

An increase in popularity of drive-thru Ash Wednesday blessings encouraged Pastor Debbie Beissel to conduct Elysburg United Methodist Church’s first this year. She was greeted Wednesday by congregants ...

The church launched its drive-thru Ash Wednesday service eight years ago, taking part in an “Ashes to Go” campaign that urged taking church to the streets. “The church is very proud to be ...

It is the start of the Lenten period that ends with Easter. Millions of Christians worldwide attend church services on Ash Wednesday, lining up to receive the smudge of ash. To each person ...