Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Sioux Falls offered Ash Wednesday services to mark the beginning of Lent. Parishioners have gathered for mass throughout the day to receive ashes a ...

One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do stuff like this and live the liturgical life amongst the students,” The Rev.

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

Receive ashes on Ash Wednesday March 5, at the following times and locations. 8 a.m. - Moloney Hall, University Crossing, 30 minute service Noon - Alumni Hall, 30 minute service 3 p.m. - Room 222, ...

Catholics around the Lehigh Valley attended services to mark Ash Wednesday, observed on the first day of Lent. See photos below. The Rev. John A. Krivak, pastor at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus ...

In the Catholic Church, ashes are applied to the forehead of each worship attendee at Ash Wednesday mass services. The receiving of ashes is not a sacrament of the Catholic Church and is therefore ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...