Flint Powers Catholic sophomore Aliyah Rose, 15 at center, prays with her classmates after receiving the ash cross on her forehead alongside more than 550 students during an Ash Wednesday service ...

A student group at a public university in Kansas on Ash Wednesday sponsored a distribution of ashes mixed with glitter as “an inherently queer sign of Christian belief,” an annual event that ...

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day this year. Here’s what you need to know ... eager elementary school students — and critics who deride its commercialization.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Catholic Churches across the Coastal Bend held Ash Wednesday services to mark the beginning of Lent season. At St. John Paul II High School, students received ashes to ...

Ash Wednesday starts the season of Lent. ... Bishop Mark J. Seitz led the Ash Wednesday service for students and faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso's Tomas Rivera Conference Center.

Students attended Mass at St. Peter Church on Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season that prepares Christians for Easter. News Times Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to ...

A St. Joseph High School student receives ashes from the Rev. Andrew Fischer on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, at Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Natrona Heights, Harrison on Wednesday ...

Students from St. Theresa School in Palatine pray Tuesday before the burning of palm leaves. Ashes from the burned leaves will be used in Ash Wednesday services marking the start of Lent.

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.

Between 550 and 575 students came together at Powers Catholic High School in Flint this week for the school’s Ash Wednesday service.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting observed by Catholics. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware. Welcome, Mickey. ... eager elementary school students ...

FILE - Dorsey Prince, right, and Shannon Carter pray during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. In 2024, Feb. 14 is a holiday heavyweight due ...