Photos: Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent.
Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten Season in Catholicism, one of the most religious seasons in the Catholic ...
Catholics observe Lent through fasting and abstinence, avoiding meat on specific days. These are some of the permitted foods.
As the Mardi Gras celebration ends, so begins the solemn period of Lent observed in many Christian circles and denominations.
Many Christians throughout the area observed Ash Wednesday, including those at St. Michael Catholic Church in Vienna.
Not only did Wednesday mark the start of Lent, the Christian season before Easter, it also marked the end of an era. Detroit ...
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and its observance lasts for 40 days. Here's what to know about the Christian tradition.
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that marks the start of the six weeks of penitence before ...
While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up special prayers for ...