Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day penitential season of Lent in the lead-up to Easter, ... We met in our early 20s and now find ourselves in our early 40s, with four kids, a dog, and a mortgage.

When Ash Wednesday — the first day of the Christian season of penance — falls on Valentine’s Day ... (Even better, offer to babysit if they have little kids!) 9. Phone a widow(er).

But this year, Ash Wednesday lands smack-dab right on the calendar at Feb. 14. Ash Wednesday, when we remember that we are dust and to dust we shall return, kicks off the season of Lent, a period ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, reorganising life as we knew it, some things, like Ash Wednesday, remain intact. Today, Christians across the world will head out, or in some instances stay home ...

Ash Wednesday was on Valentine's Day in 1945, 1934 and 1923, ... "I'll tell my kids to hunt for eggs that I didn't hide." Believers and atheists alike could agree that would be mean.

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — While places like the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul will have traditional Ash Wednesday services, some churches are offering drive-thru ...

Forehead crosses don’t always look like crosses. Tauber, ordained in 2002, said a few factors are at work. Sometimes, there isn’t enough water in the ash to make a good paste out of it.

What to do when Ash Wednesday, a solemn reminder of human mortality, falls on the same day we gorge on chocolate and romance? Pass out candy hearts that say “Dust 2 Dust.” ...

Then, on the day before Ash Wednesday, all of the old palms are placed in a fire pit on the church steps. “And then the school kids come out, and we have a little prayer service and light it on ...

The Peak Church in Apex offered drive-thru ashes for Ash Wednesday. In a 90-minute span, roughly 50 cars pulled in to receive ashes and a prayer from the Rev. Kyle Meier.