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 ... During Mass on Ash Wednesday, Catholic priests ...

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Fat Tuesday and the Mardi Gras celebrations will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter ... common practice in the Catholic church to abstain from eating ...

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The Catholic Church is truly universal since it unites so many diverse rites, whose members share a common faith. Latest news Mass attendance ticks back up nationally after pandemic falter, data ...

Across the world soon, you may find people with ash ... to church on Wednesday as well," Johnston said. "It just has kind of strong cultural connections folks participate in." During Mass on ...

Next year, the date will fall on April 5, 2026. Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, March 5 this year. In Western churches, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period of spiritual ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois will celebrate Mass Wednesday morning during Catholic Schools Week. The Mass will be celebrated at 10am at St. Anthony of ...

Easter, Ash Wednesday which marks the start of Lenten ... This year, Easter in the Western church falls on the later end of its possible dates on Sunday, April 20. The Old Farmer's Almanac ...

The season, including Ash Wednesday, is a time for penance, charity and fasting for many Christians, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. USA Today adds that during Lent ...

Key days leading up to Easter include Fat Tuesday on March 4, Ash Wednesday on March 5, Palm Sunday on April 13, and Good Friday on April 18.

Leaders have been told urgently to rank thousands of their employees who are in probationary periods, with as much as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical.