Both religions’ traditions encourage giving up physical things, such as food, drink, pleasures or indulgences, in order to ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar ...

In many Catholic parishes, people are gathering for Friday night fish fries because they abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. In Muslim homes, people are gathering every evening for iftar ...

Introduction The history of Lent dates back to centuries ago with Christians spending time preparing to celebrate the ...

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 ...

Most Christians across the globe are currently observing Lent, 40 days of prayer and fasting, which began on Ash Wednesday, Mar. 5. The culmination of this ritual takes place before Easter Sunday.

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 ...

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Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...

On Wednesday, it looks to be a dry and fine day with plenty of sunshine after any early mist or fog dissipates. Thursday will be a mostly cloudy day with the odd light shower, although there will ...