They're celebrating Ash Wednesday, which for many also marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and reflection leading up to Easter. Here's what you need to know about a holiday marked ...

During the last 12 years, I’ve spent roughly three years in four very different places: Fremont, California; New Haven, Connecticut; Chicago; and Austin. That’s a lot of moving around.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for people of Christian faith. Each year, Catholics, Lutherans and other denominations around the world observe the 40-day period of self-sacrifice and ...

As Lent begins on March 5, we are reminded of the opportunity to grow in faith as we journey in the desert with Jesus for 40 days. Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are the three areas in which we ...

PILGRIMS of Green Faith Travels will pray at heritage churches in Zambales for its Lenten pilgrimage from March 29 to 30, particularly venerating the image of its patroness, Ina Poonbato ...

At Bruck Castle in Lienz, for example, there is the valuable Virgen Lenten Shroud from 1598. And in the parish church of St. Andrä in Lienz, the Lenten cloth created by Michael Hedwig will be ...

CANTON − Lent, the 40-day period in Christianity leading up to Easter, is the one tradition that the world's more than 45,000 Christian denominations have in common. The practice of Lent ...

Last Lent, my wife and I decided to get ashes at noon. There were only a few people in the church. At the front was a man and woman holding bowls of ashes. We walked down the long center aisle to ...

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Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. This year, Lent begins on March 5 and ends on April 17. Lent is 40 days ...