Today, I take my own children—both born after miscarriages—to the Ash Wednesday service. The first time, I braced and squirmed to know the ashes were coming for them. Death is our universal ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Catholics receive ashes on their forehead from Bishop Mark J. Seitz, who conducted a worship ...

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are known as obligatory days of abstinence. Children 14 and older are expected to abstain from meat. The observance of Ash Wednesday dates to the 11th century ...

However, fasting is exempted for children or the elderly. Fat Tuesday, which translates to Mardi Gras in French, is on Tuesday, March 4, which is the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras refers to ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service ...

Catholics are not supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday or Fridays during Lent. However, children and elderly people are usually exempt from fasting and giving up meat. Lent culminates with ...

Across the world soon, you may find people with ash marks on their foreheads and talking about what they will be giving up for the next 46 days. It may appear odd, but it is a mark people that ...

Paulina Baeza of Fillmore brought four of her seven children to the center because ... members from nearby Pacific Palisades. “It’s Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent,” declared Silvia Sanchez ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Ash Wednesday's roots date back to the 11th century and stem from Jewish fasting and penance ...

Ash Wednesday is on March 5 ... However, fasting is exempted for children or the elderly. Forecast shows where in California is at a greater risk of wildfires later this year Apartment sizes ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Ash Wednesday – officially known as the Day of Ashes — is a day of repentance, when ...