Ash Wednesday occurred earlier this week and it marks the first day of Lent. The Christian church set this date in the fourth century by counting back 40 days from ...

Ash Wednesday has come and gone and Lent has begun. With it comes memes about fasting and the oddities of what the Church does and doesn’t consider meat. Lent is a significant period in the Christian ...

Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and spiritual preparation leading to Easter in many Western Christian traditions. The following images capture Chicagoans ...

Ashes in the form of a cross could be seen across the foreheads of many Catholics and Christians on March 5, marking the ...

Dozens of people filled the pews of St. Joseph’s Cathedral as community members of the Christan faith took part in Ash ...

A devotee with an ash cross on her forehead prays during Ash Wednesday rites March 5, 2025 at the Redemptorist Church in ...

Vigneron reflected on how many times he has led the Ash Wednesday Mass, many of them at St. Aloysius, since he became ...

"We need to be on this journey of hope together," the archbishop said. "There seems to be a sense of hopelessness abroad. The ...

Ash Wednesday is on March 5. It marks the first day of Lent, a period of reflection, fasting and prayer leading up to Easter that many of the Christian faith observe, according to Christianity.com.

1. Pick a time and a place. In this case, choose a day or days during Lent, between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday. We usually do two nights away, but you can also choose to find a nearby spot ...

The Easter season starts more than a month earlier, though. The season kicks off with Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. This year, Ash Wednesday will fall on Wednesday, March 5 ...