Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong celebration that includes Mardi Gras ...

14, 2024. This year, Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent fall in March, almost a full month later. Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are, their origins and why the ...

Lent is a period of 40 days of fasting and prayer leading up to Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Saturday, just before Easter Sunday. The word "Lent" comes from the word ...

Lent begins with Ash Wednesday — this year on March 5 — and ends, depending on the denomination, with either Good Friday, which falls this year on April 18, or Holy Saturday on April 19.

A young woman receives ashes during Ash Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church in Prescott, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2024. (OSV News ...

Ash Wednesday is on March 5. It marks the first day of Lent, a period of reflection, fasting and prayer leading up to Easter that many of the Christian faith observe, according to Christianity.com.

Spurred on by the fervor of the Eucharistic faith of New Yorkers, six young adult perpetual pilgrims and I, accompanied by ...

With Lent quickly approaching, it’s time to consider what we will do with the season of grace that God is giving to us. In ...

Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. As canon law states, Catholics over the age of 14 are expected to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash ...

Good day, Kanabec County. It is hard to believe but we are about two weeks away from the beginning of the Lenten Season! Yes, only one full week of February ...