What is Ash Wednesday

St. Mary's Cathedral in Downtown Lansing held its mass service at noon to mark the first day of the Lenten season, where people choose to spend time making ...

He said that Ash Wednesday is the start of a seven-week journey of fasting and asking for forgiveness. To remind of us our mortality and our human frailties that we’re not deities,” Schertzing said. The ashes represent death and repentance. “I’m in a tough profession too and you know this world is difficult. Raised in a Catholic church, Donna Goulet said she attends mass throughout the week. For a lot of people, it’s a chance to give up something they love or to kick a bad habit.

An Ash Wednesday service was held at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi to celebrate the start of the Lenten season.

“We never know when it is that we are going to be called to Himself.” “It’s a period that we are all invited as children of God to come back to God,” Andoh said. “During that time, we pray, give alms, preparing ourselves for that holiday.”

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for many Christian denominations. Father Martín Amaro of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church said it signifies a special ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for many Christian denominations. “It reminds us that we have come from the Earth and we were created from the Earth and that we will eventually return to the Earth and become dust,” he said. “It reminds us of Jesus’ forty days in the desert and how he himself went through a few days intense prayer and penance,” he said.

Bishop José Soto at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacramento said that Ash Wednesday is one of the religious holidays that brings in the most church ...

This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. For people in the Christian faith, it's a time of repentance and waiting, specifically for the resurrection of Jesus.

"We talked a lot about what it means for things to burn to the ground and what it means for things to collapse into a heap. It's another thing to plant those trees for other people and shade that we're never going to sit in." "It's one thing to sit in the shade of a tree that we haven't planted. "It's about God's time." He says that's because of insurance funds. "Last year we focused on the ashes as the result of disaster," Reed says.

The Lenten season officially started with Ash Wednesday on Feb. 22. St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge was overflowing with people coming to to have their ...

The Catholic Commentator Duca distributing ashes to the people. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge was overflowing with people coming to to have their forehead marked with ashes in the form of a cross.This is a reminder of their mortality and call to repentance.

As Black History Month continues, Point University celebrated racial and religious diversity with several programs, including an Ash Wednesday service and a ...

Senior Roshanna Rash, a member of the Spiritual Formation team, said that goal was to make the chapel service more interactive for students and to celebrate Black History Month. From Wednesday to Friday, the art show in the LAC building featured student and faculty artwork focusing on black history and injustices. However, many students come to Point University from across the United States and the world. “We have students from all different Christian backgrounds — and faculty, too,” Reynolds said. Around 10 students and faculty members participated in the event. After taking communion and receiving their ash cross, students and faculty wrote down either something they’re giving up for Lent or a prayer.

“As we begin our Lenten journey, our journey with Jesus toward Jerusalem, toward the cross,” The Rev. Stan Larson, First Presbyterian Church of Cuero, said to ...