A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

6 a.m. 5 p.m. Stations of the Cross on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday at 5:15 p.m. 6 a.m. Noon (Stations of the Cross prayed before Mass at 11:30 a.m.) 6 p.m. Blessed Sacrament Chapel hours are ...

Grace, an agnostic, attended the Ash Wednesday service at The Chapel of Saint John the Divine on March 5, to practice Lent and visit church.

He encouraged the gathering to take their Lent seriously. “A great mentor of mine, Father Bill Richters, used to say, ‘have ...

The Diocese of Tyler Bishop Gregory Kelly led his first mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in downtown Tyler on Ash Wednesday. Multiple parishioners attended the noon mass at the ...

ROME (AP) — Parishoners gathered inside St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to mark the start of Lent by receiving ashes on Ash Wednesday. Deacon Chris ...

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer and fasting leading up to Jesus ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of reflection, fasting, and prayer observed by Christians worldwide. It is a day of repentance and humility which is symbolized by the ...

Marking the beginning of the holiest time in the Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday comes with its own set of customs. Blessed ashes used at religious services on this day originate from the ...

Whether you’re a pastor or a family wanting to read passages of Scripture for Ash Wednesday, we can find many Bible verses that point to the origins of this practice. Churches, during Ash Wednesday ...

In church services Wednesday across Longview and elsewhere, Christians took time to observe Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day season of Lent. In the Christian church ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and prayer observed by Christians. The 40 days of Lent represent the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert. This year ...