Christians will celebrate Ash Wednesday is tomorrow, also marking the beginning of the 40-day Lenten season. Christians have observed Lent all across the globe for more than 1,000 years. The first ...

Mar. 28—As the midday sun filtered through the colorful stained-glass windows depicting scenes from the Bible, including the crucifixion and resurrection, sounds of the organ filled the wooden ...

Father Ron DeHondt of St. Margaret of Scotland in St. Clair Shores looks forward to Ash Wednesday. “It’s a time when we begin the season of Lent with some simplicity, prayer, fasting and self giving,” ...

Trisna Tan prayed along with hundreds who attended a 2019 Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas. Update: 5:03 p.m. March 4, 2025: This story was updated with ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Ashes in the form of a cross could be seen across the foreheads of many Catholics and Christians on ...

TROY, N.Y. — Trojans at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Wednesday morning joined Christians around the world kicking off the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday. “Today we are invited with the whole ...

The holy Lenten season, beginning Wednesday, March 5, is a time when many observers choose to give up daily pleasures during the 40-day period leading up to Easter. Spending days abstaining from ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — As the Lenten season comes to a close, local fish fries will have their last day of sales this weekend. At the beginning of Lent, we spoke to Ace's in Cambria City, who said ...

Friday marks the start of fish fry Fridays for the Lenten season. Churches, clubs, fire departments, and others host them for the community. Fish Fry season has officially begun, and judging by the ...