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 ...

Many more will head to church on their lunch break or after work to receive a cross of ashes on their face. This year, Ash Wednesday ... have received a sign of the cross with ashes on their ...

Fort Lauderdale, FL- March 5, 2025 - Archbishop Thomas Wenski makes the sign of the cross as he celebrates mass at St. Anthony Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the occasion of Ash Wednesday.

Christians in the suburbs and around the world marked the start of Lent through Ash Wednesday services ... At St. Edna Catholic Church in Arlington Heights, Deacon Joe Yannotta oversaw the ...

FREMONT- A small ceramic jar of ashes sat in front of Brother Bill Young as part of the “Ashes to Go” Ash Wednesday ... “We have a few signs in front of our church: ‘Be kind‘ and ...

The origins of Ash Wednesday can be traced back to the early Christian Church. The practice of using ashes as a sign of repentance has biblical roots, appearing in both the Old and New Testaments.

Worshippers gathered at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday ... Catholic School and Pre-School also visited on Ash Wednesday to receive the rite. The season — observed ...

The 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory ... The ashes placed in the sign of a cross on worshipers' foreheads on Ash Wednesday are supposed to be made from last year's Palm Sunday ...