A parishioner receives ashes from a Deacon during Ash Wednesday mass on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, at Gesu Catholic Church in downtown Miami. The mass was fully packed with standing rom only at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old ...

If you notice people with ash‑marked crosses on their foreheads on Feb. 18, it’s because of Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent on the Christian calendar. Ash Wednesday falls the day after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40-day Lenten season in the Christian calendar, is Feb. 18. Several churches in Corpus Christi ...

SANTA CRUZ — Parishioners received ashes on their foreheads at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz during Ash Wednesday morning Mass on Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many ...

POTTSVILLE — When John Corrales was a student at St. Mary’s Central Catholic parochial school in Odessa, Texas, the nuns taught him that not eating meat on Fridays and fasting during Lent would bring ...

Millions of Christians around the world attended Mass on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season that prepares the faithful for Easter. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day period ...

DAYTONA BEACH — For most Christians, Ash Wednesday is observed during meditative services inside a church. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the 40-day solemn Christian season of repentance, ...

Catholic Charities of Boston is aiming to double its donations this Ash Wednesday over previous years, citing increased demand for heating assistance and food pantries due in part to federal funding ...

If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would’ve seen people pouring out onto the steps after the Ash Wednesday service. The mass, one of many held at the downtown ...

Thousands of Christians will be observing the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. The tradition has its roots in the Old Testament, where ashes on the forehead was "a sign of repentance for sins, ...