Question: I saw a number of people putting ashes on their forehead and people also have shared they have to give up things for Lent. Can you briefly explain what is Lent and why so many people find it ...

The Center for Faith, Action and Ministry (CFAM) provides a variety of events and retreats for students to observe Lent.

"remember that you are from dust and to dust you will return." These ashes help symbolize the grief of our sins and the need for repentance. It is the start of the Lent season, where the goal is to ...

As the vicar dipped his finger in the ash of last year’s palm crosses on Wednesday evening, drew a new one on my forehead and invited me to remember that I am dust and will return to dust, I knew ...

Ash Wednesday ushered in the season of Lent. It is a day that centers on our human frailty, mortality and relationship with ...

The Rev. Hannah Loughman and the Rev. Ryan Kobert believe in the importance of bringing the church to the people. The pastors ...

Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the 40 days of Lent that lead up to Easter, took place on March 5. It is a solemn reminder of how ephemeral ...

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., archbishop of Newark, marked the beginning of Lent by distributing ashes to hundreds of Catholics during two Ash Wednesday Masses March 5 at St.

The Church gives us the holy season of Lent each year to help us to step back, to slow down and take stock of our lives.

Danny Federico [email protected] “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, ...

We all need to repent for complicity in licensing Donald Trump to unleash an agenda of retribution and meanness throughout ...

March 5 marked the beginning of the Lenten season for Catholics and some protestants around the world as Ash Wednesday was celebrated.