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.

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

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 ...

The practice caught on and spread, and in 1091 Pope Urban II decreed that “on Ash Wednesday everyone, clergy and laity, men and women, will receive ashes.” It’s been going on ever since. 2.

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 ...

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 ...

It was the usual Wednesday Weight Watchers Zoom meeting, except for one thing. The leader had shown up with a black ash cross imprinted on her forehead. “Oh, yeah,” I thought.

Layman Serena Beeks of St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish distributes ashes to Sonia Martinez during the “Ash and Dash” drive-through Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Upland ...

Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day marking the start of Lent, falls on March 5, 2025. Lent will extend for 46 days, concluding with Easter Sunday on April 20, 2025.