Like the sacrifices many Christians make during the Lent season, Smela said the Ash Wednesday service is meant to prepare ...

A student group at a public university in Kansas on Ash Wednesday sponsored a distribution of ashes mixed with glitter as “an inherently queer sign of Christian belief,” an annual event that ...

A St. Joseph High School student receives ashes from the Rev. Andrew Fischer on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, at Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Natrona Heights, Harrison on Wednesday ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Catholic Churches across the Coastal Bend held Ash Wednesday services to mark the beginning of Lent season. At St. John Paul II High School, students received ashes to ...

Ash Wednesday starts the season of Lent. Christians, including Catholics, go to services for the imposition of ashes and the celebration of Mass.

DANBURY — Students at St. Peter School in Danbury not only received ashes on their foreheads at Mass on Wednesday morning, they also learned about the meaning Ash Wednesday as they joined ...

UTEP students and faculty pray as Bishop Mark J. Seitz leads mass celebrating Ash Wednesday at UTEP on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Traditionally, ashes used on Ash Wednesday are gathered up after ...

eager elementary school students — and critics who deride its commercialization. But it also happens to be Ash Wednesday, the solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting observed by Catholics. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware. Welcome, Mickey. ... eager elementary school students ...

Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day penitential season of Lent in the lead-up to Easter, ... We met in our early 20s and now find ourselves in our early 40s, with four kids, a dog, and a mortgage.

FILE - Dorsey Prince, right, and Shannon Carter pray during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. In 2024, Feb. 14 is a holiday heavyweight due ...