While it’s not a Holy Day of Obligation to attend mass, the Catholic Church still requires Catholics to follow specific rules on Ash Wednesday. Unlike last year when St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday ...
FLINT, MI – One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do stuff like this and live the liturgical life amongst the ...
Both Ash Wednesday and Valentine's Day fall on Feb. 14 this year. For observant Catholics, that means the most romantic day of the year will be put on hold for one of the major holidays on the ...
Roads should start improving by Wednesday afternoon. The weather is not stopping Catholic parishes across the Des Moines metro area from hosting MardisGras events Tuesday night. And services for Ash ...
Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday, March 5, to observe the start of the solemn 40-day season of Lent, which leads up to Easter. Students with Holy Trinity ...
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before Easter, known as Lent. For many Christians, its start is noted by receiving ...
It happens every year on Ash Wednesday. In our downtown parishes, women and men, old and young, office and construction workers, corporate lawyers, police officers, messengers and many others cut ...
As the Mardi Gras season comes to an end, the Lenten season begins with Ash Wednesday. Across Acadiana there are multiple locations offering Ash Wednesday services. St. Pius X Catholic Church: 5:30 ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - In addition to being Valentine’s Day, Wednesday also marks the beginning of the Lenten season for Christians, with hundreds of the faithful heading to churches for the special ...