Deciding what to give up for Lent is a personal choice, often involving something significant in your daily life ...

Lent is a period of 40 days of fasting and prayer leading up to Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and concludes on Holy Saturday, just before Easter Sunday. The word "Lent" comes from the word ...

Duleek & District Community Text Alert covering Duleek, Bellewstown, Ardcath/Clonalvy, Donore, Beamore, Rathfeigh, Stamullen, ...

Bernadette said her prayers and when she was finished she ... After dinner on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, Bernadette's mother told her children that there was no more wood in the house.

Are prayers and ceremonies of the Church also ... Ashes are blessed in the Church on Ash Wednesday. They are used to keep us in mind of our humble origin, and of how the body of Adam, our ...

It's almost time to break out your King Cake and Mardi Gras beads — Fat Tuesday is just around the corner. Though many don't traditionally associate Carnival Season with Easter, the monthslong ...

Easter Sunday may still be more than two months away, but the Easter season kicks off in less than a month with the arrival ...

Here's everything to know about upcoming holidays, including Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and Lent. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions, will begin on Wednesday ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, an important time for Christians leading up to Easter. Here's what to know.

Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday — celebrations will precede Ash Wednesday, and the start of the Lenten season for 2025. Ash ...

Fat Tuesday and the Mardi Gras celebrations will kick off a late start to the 2025 Lenten season — from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Unlike many other holidays, the date of Easter changes ...

Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting in Christian religions ... Jan. 6 and leads up to Ash Wednesday. It's often viewed as a time for celebration and revelry and the final burst of ...