"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

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The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was the duty of the advocates-on-record to be “cautious and careful” in filing pleas and it would serve no purpose it they only lent their names to petitions. A ...

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

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

Opening the exhibit during Lent is meant to encourage visitors to more fully participate ... the greatest misfortune in ...

Lent will end on Holy Thursday ... because it celebrates what we believe to be the most momentous weekend in the history of the world,” Christianity.com says. “Ever since Jesus died and ...

There is a Christian tradition of giving something up during Lent − often something that ... I did so with enormous gratitude for the rich history and traditions of the Catholic Church and ...

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Lent will end on Holy Thursday ... because it celebrates what we believe to be the most momentous weekend in the history of the world,” Christianity.com says. “Ever since Jesus died and ...

Abstaining from meat is common practice for Catholics during the Lenten season. While it’s only required on Fridays, some ...