On this Ash Wednesday, Catholics around the world are ... weighing especially heavy on a Denton County family whose son was ...

Typically, the ashes used in the Ash Wednesday service are procured from burning the previous year's palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration. The ashes from the palms are then blessed by a ...

Catholics between the ages of 18 years and 59 are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday ... and was placed back on a ventilator. Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 748 W.

Most Blessed Sacrament will have three services on Ash Wednesday at 8:45 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. Catholic churches can email us ...

“Oh, yeah,” I thought. “Ash Wednesday.” I hadn’t forgotten. I had celebrated Mardi Gras the day before by reposting memes ...

The leader of southeastern Michigan's Catholics stood in the aisle at a historic church in downtown Detroit on Wednesday afternoon as worshippers waited in line to be blessed. Decked in a purple ...

Editor’s Note: The article first published in 2020 by The Conversation. For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a season of ...