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 ...

As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays throughout the Lenten Season (Canon 1250 -1253). During Lent ...

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 ...

The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, according to Catholic ...

This Lent season, Christian charity Stewardship is relaunching its generosity challenge, 40acts, in partnership with Gospel ...

Prayer is powerful! We would like to invite our Boston College Alumni family and C21 Center community to Pray It Forward, a little time together each week during Lent to reflect and ... experience ...

Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of reflection ...

Lent, the 40-day season of prayer, is a time of fasting and giving ... recognizing the brokenness that exists and the need for salvation. During Mass on Ash Wednesday, Catholic priests draw ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5 this year. More: What will spring be like in ...

The kickoff to Lent begins with Fat Tuesday ... on parishioners' foreheads with the prayer "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return," during a special Ash Wednesday service.

which means the return of the Christian season of Lent. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of reflection, prayer and penance.