Like the sacrifices many Christians make during the Lent season, Smela said the Ash Wednesday service is meant to prepare ...

"All Christian traditions can appreciate Easter for what it is, and I think the preparation season is a really good ...

At St. Pius V, the students were already thinking this Ash Wednesday about how they'll spend the Lenten period leading up to Easter. "I like, especially in the Lenten season to focus more on my ...

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer ... St. Joseph High School, which is physically connected to the church, had its student take part in distributing ashes during the service.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Catholic Churches across the Coastal Bend held Ash Wednesday services to mark the beginning of Lent season. At St. John Paul II High School, students received ashes to ...

Ava Werner gets ashes as she attends Ash Wednesday Mass with other students from Juan Diego High School, St. John the Baptist ...

A student at St. Peter's Catholic School in Mansfield is marked with ashes on Ash Wednesday in 2023. Catholics aren’t supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday, and those aged 18 to 59 are asked by ...

The Center for Faith, Action and Ministry (CFAM) provides a variety of events and retreats for students to observe Lent.

This week included a milestone in some houses of worship, with March 5 being Ash Wednesday — the start ... at St. Mary's, had the student body of the church's school among his listeners and ...

Many in Orange County’s faithful community marked the start of the solemn season of Lent with Ash Wednesday services ... were several hundred students of Christ Cathedral Academy, the elementary ...