A: Contrary to popular thinking, Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation. You do not have to go to Mass that day or ...

The Jeff Church is in the midst of Lent. Lent is a season in the Christian calendar that precedes Holy Week and Easter Sunday. We begin with Ash Wednesday, a ...

Archbishop Hebda said that the word for humility comes from the Latin word “humus,” for earth or ground. To him, there’s an immediate connection between humility and the spreading of the ashes on Ash ...

After Sigmon chose the firing squad, suddenly, said Taylor, “I got catapulted into the movement to save his life.” She was ...

For United Methodist minister Hillary Taylor, there's a reward in introducing outsiders to someone who is kind and ...

Hitting 1 million followers on Instagram is an achievement often celebrated in creative ways by social media influencers, but when Father David Michael Moses marked that milestone on Ash ...

Lent 2025 started on Wednesday, March 5 with Ash Wednesday.

Question: I saw a number of people putting ashes on their forehead and people also have shared they have to give up things for Lent. Can you briefly explain what is Lent and why so many people find it ...

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

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

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