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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The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University, a premier Catholic ... CARA said Mass attendance numbers for Easter and Ash Wednesday — the latter being ...

Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong celebration that includes Mardi Gras actually leads up to Ash Wednesday. It's often seen as the final burst of ...

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 ...

Here's what to know about Ash Wednesday 2025. Rev. Michael Chaney, Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, makes the sign of the cross on a worshipers forehead with ashes on Wednesday, February 14 ...

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 ...