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.

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

Lent coincides with St. Joseph's March 19 feast day. In the Catholic Church, the two occasions illustrate different aspects ...

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The tone of Ash Wednesday is penitential and somber. The prayers, the homily, the ashes serve to remind us of our mortality and our need of God’s grace. But with ashes on my forehead, I departed with ...

A truck with five workers pulled into the turnaround as we were finishing setting up the tent. It wasn’t even 7 a.m. yet, but ...

Hundreds stopped to receive ashes during Bishop Cullinan’s six-hour mission — a sign that despite cultural shifts, the ...

Ash Wednesday was last week. For Christians it begins 40 days of self-examination and repentance by prayer, fasting and self-denial. It is also a time to read and mediate on God’s word. Pictured is St ...

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., archbishop of Newark, marked the beginning of Lent by distributing ashes to hundreds of Catholics during two Ash Wednesday Masses March 5 at St.

Fueled by youth searching for meaning in an uncertain world, Catholic influencers on social media have also emerged as ...