A Catholic nonprofit and several clergy said immigration authorities had unlawfully blocked its members for months from providing pastoral care at an ICE facility in Broadview, Ill.

Trinity Church, Swarthmore: 301 N. Chester Road, Swarthmore, events: • Feb. 17, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at 5:30 p.m. Pay in advance online at the church website. Children 2 and under are free, ...

An Ash Wednesday service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at First United Methodist Church, 533 N. Grant Ave., Loveland. Enter into the Lenten season at this reflective ecumenical service, which will ...

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent 2026. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus Christ' resurrection.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the period of Lent. They're two of the most important liturgical events for Christians ...

Mardi Gras really is year round in Galveston. Even in July or August, it's not unusual to encounter a string of beads lying ...

Easter Sunday will be celebrated in the first week of April in 2026. The date for Easter changes annually because it is based on the lunar calendar. Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Easter, ...

Ash Wednesday is observed by a variety of Christians around the world. The first day of the Lent season, a forty-day period of self-examination and penance before Easter is observed by Lutherans, ...

Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, will be on Feb. 17, 2026. Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting that begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 5 ...

Ash Wednesday kicks off Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation to honor the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. Ash Wednesday tends to be ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday, March 5. It is the first day of Lent, a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving. On Ash Wednesday, priests place ash crosses on worshipers' foreheads to indicate they ...