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 and Good Friday are known as obligatory days of abstinence. Children 14 and older are expected to abstain from ...

That is our treasure. A priest friend of mine once went into a school on Ash Wednesday worried that the Ash on its own might not tell the whole story to this group of kids. So he mixed some glitter in ...

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 ...

Christians will get one last nibble on their paczkis and king cakes as Mardi Gras and the Carnival Season give way to Ash Wednesday this week. Many Catholics and Episcopalians and some in ...

Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week. In 2025 Lent begins on Wednesday 5 March and ends on Thursday 17 April. Lent is an old English word meaning 'lengthen'.

Christian and Catholic communities around the country, including here on the Central Coast are celebrating Ash Wednesday ... of the season to their young children. "I want them to walk away ...