"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

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

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

“In the Christian religion, the Last Supper (the final meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his crucifixion) was a Passover feast ... Lent will end on Holy Thursday, April 17.

Speaking of all these Easter activities, you should definitely know when Easter falls on the calendar. It always lands on a ...

Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

On April 17, Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper, in which Jesus offered himself as the Passover sacrifice. During the Holy Thursday Mass, there is the sacrament of Communion, blessings ...

Later that night, after sundown – because Passover began at sundown- the Holy Thursday Liturgy takes place, marking the end of Lent and the beginning of the sacred "Triduum,” or three ...

Holy Saturday, the Sabbath on which Jesus rested in the grave. The disciples arranged for the Passover meal, which took place after sundown on Thursday. We might call it Friday Eve, because by ...