Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Ash Wednesday marks the start to Lent, when Catholics may be get ashes on their forehead and choose to give something up for ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

Many Christian churches, or denominations, are in the season of Lent. But what is Lent anyway? Many of us are familiar with the “season” of Christmas, which is also a name of a season of the ...

It is also common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating meat on Fridays during the Lenten season. In advance of the start of Lent, there is Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras. When is Fat ...

BY REV. MARK TEWES A person who just began attending our church asked me the other day, “What is ‘Lent’ and why does it take six weeks?” It is a great question for those who are not ...

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, has been in full swing since Jan. 6 and will close with a final celebration on March 4 with a Fat Tuesday celebration.

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent that falls 6½ weeks before Easter each year. Members of the Catholic Church ... with ashes as a sign of penance," according ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent that falls 6½ weeks before Easter each year. Members of the Catholic Church ... with ashes as a sign of penance," according ...