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 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 ...

Father Joseph Whitehurst, with St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church, speaks on the topic of ashes and sacrifice during an Ash Wednesday service March 5, addressing Mead Hall students.

Students from Christ Cathedral Academy celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...

Catholic schoolchildren attend Ash Wednesday services, some for first time, in Pilsen. A total of 180 students from St. Pius V School attended an Ash Wednesday mass along with parishioners.

Fr. Kevin Nolan blesses students from Holy Trinity Catholic School and Pre-School with a mark of the cross during Ash Wednesday Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in San Pedro on Wednesday ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and prayer that ends at Easter. For observant Christians, it's a day of repentance and a time to confess sins and profess devotion ...

WHAT TO KNOW. Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is on Feb. 14 this year.It is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving for many Christians. The secular holiday Valentine's Day also ...

This year, in 2025, Ash Wednesday is recognized nearly a month later on Wednesday, March 5. The day also marks the beginning of Lent, which lasts 40 days, and ends on another Christian observance ...

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