A couple was mysteriously burned on the forehead after receiving the mark of the cross on Ash Wednesday. Sara Heloísa Sousa and her boyfriend Luan Jackson from Brazil shared their stories after ...

The Rev. Erin Daniels, pastor of Crossroads Church in Waverly, makes the sign of the cross with ashes on the forehead of church member Sally Leach during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday afternoon.

The Rev. Marion Phipps provides the Ash Wednesday services and offers each ... The practice of placing ashes on the forehead in the shape of a cross is a symbolic reminder that Christians need ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the ... St. Paul of the Cross fountain, and Stations of the Cross were damaged.

A day to repent, reflect and pray. Worshippers flocked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan to mark Ash Wednesday. Services started at 7 a.m., with many attending mass, where members of the ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share 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 ...

A Catholic Mass was reportedly celebrated for the staff at the White House today in observance of Ash Wednesday ... followers of Christ wear crosses of ash on their foreheads — a sacred ...

Fort Lauderdale, FL- March 5, 2025 - Archbishop Thomas Wenski makes the sign of the cross as he celebrates mass at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the occasion of Ash Wednesday.

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

NORFOLK, Va. — March 5, 2023 is Ash Wednesday. It marks the beginning of Lenten, a 40-day period leading up to Easter, which is on April 20. On this holy day, Pope Francis remains in the hospital.