What is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday is the first day of the Lent season, and is 6.5 weeks before Easter Sunday. According to Catholic tradition, Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and prayer.

For example, someone may abstain from chocolate or alcohol by not consuming them. Particular days of abstinence during Lent are Fridays, Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

Siouxland Catholic parishes will celebrate Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, with services at different times from their regular schedules.

The Christian period of Lent was ushered in on Ash Wednesday, today, that witnesses the smudging of ashes on the forehead in a symbol of mortality and penance.

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