TRAVERSE CITY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU)— marked a day of inclusion at the local festival, as Special Kids Day catered to children ...

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“It’s Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent,” declared Silvia Sanchez of Santa Monica. “We just pray for people to get better and get back on their feet.” “It’s really hard,” she said.

The faithful trudged up the hill to Mater Dolorosa Passionist Retreat Center on the first Ash Wednesday after the Eaton Fire, clutching umbrellas along with their hopes that this season of Lent could ...

For Caitlyn, a participant in the event, Ash Wednesday holds extra significance this year. Her grandmother, a lifelong Catholic, is homebound and unable to attend church in person.

Kids' take part in various activities during the Ash Wednesday service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

March 5 (UPI) --The 40-day season of Lent began as Christian faithful around the world celebrated Ash Wednesday in preparation for Easter. Ashes "revive in us the memory of what we are," but also ...

Ash Wednesday is March 5, which marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of repentance, fasting and prayer. Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on ...

Children over the age of seven years partook in this practice; and according to folklore, babies were required to cry three times before being fed milk on black fast days.

Today, I take my own children—both born after miscarriages—to the Ash Wednesday service. The first time, I braced and squirmed to know the ashes were coming for them.