Only 10 days are left until the end of Lent, an annual 40-day Christian period leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday. This year Lent began on March 5, which was Ash Wednesday and will end April ...

The catechism children of the Church of St Aloysius were invited to witness and participate in the ancient ritual of burning palms for Ash Wednesday. MANTIN: The catechism children of the Church of St ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Several local congregations — including St. Michael Catholic Church in Greenfield— honored Ash Wednesday this week, marking the start of Lent. Many Christians use 40 days of Lent as a time for reading ...

ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE MARK AND THE SEASON OF LENT... <IT REALLY IS A TIME FOR ALL OF US TO ASK GOD TO RENEW OUR HEARTS.> CHRISTIAN AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING HERE ON ...

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent could ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ashes in the form of a cross could be seen across the foreheads of many Catholics and other Christians on March 5, marking the solemn day of Ash Wednesday and the start of the ...

Deacon Joe DesMaris, foreground, uses ashes to make the sign of the cross on Gwen Torfin's forehead while her niece Eloise Essen watches on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic ...

Bishop Gregory Kelly attends mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception for the first time since being installed on Feb. 24. (Raquel Villatoro/Tyler Morning Telegraph) The Diocese of Tyler Bishop ...

As it has done for the last several years, St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin offered Christians a unique way to start the Lenten season by dispensing ashes via a drive-thru lane rather ...

OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY. TODAY, MANY CATHOLICS IN THE SACRAMENTO REGION ARE AMONG THOSE TAKING PART IN THE RITUALS. KCRA 3’S DENEEKA HILL WAS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN DOWNTOWN AND ...

Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, officially marking the start of Lent, a 40-day period observed by many Christians worldwide before Easter. Many Christians get ashes on their foreheads to mark the day. The ...