The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on ...

Our faith gives us an opportunity to delve into ancient spiritual practices that awaken in us a new way to walk through Lent. Learn about the history of the labyrinth in the Church and its ...

The norms concerning meat abstinence apply to members of the Latin Catholic Church from ... orthodox and traditional denominations typically follow more strict rules during Lent, which involve ...

Parishioners at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Reading gather during Lent to make pierogies. One Catholic parish is incorporating food with faith to celebrate Lent. With a tablespoon of salt ...

Points to consider Traditional Lent groups start the week after ... There is nothing wrong in hoping that people who are not used to church or those on the fringes will come to your Lent group, but ...

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.

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 ...

Fr. Simon Teller, O.P., a Dominican friar and associate chaplain at Providence College in Rhode Island, revealed the role of ...

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, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast ...