Ash Wednesday will be observed Feb. 14. Religious leaders say you can observe it and Valentine's Day without ditching your Catholic obligations.

Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day this year, here’s what Catholic leaders say you should do By Andrew Havranek, WPXI-TV February 09, 2024 at 6:26 pm EST ...

Dorsey Prince, right, and Shannon Carter pray during an Ash Wednesday Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church on Wednesday Feb. 22, 2023. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, a 40-day ...

Members of the Catholic Church ages 18 to 59 are required to observe Lent and fast on Ash Wednesday, starting at 14-years-old. Ash Wednesday dates back to the 11th century, according to the ...

Feb. 18 is Ash Wednesday, which kicks off Lent and signals the approach of Easter. Four things to know about the Catholic holiday ...

Members of the Catholic Church, ages 18 to 59, are required to observe Lent and fast on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are known as obligatory days of abstinence. Children 14 and ...

Mass times set for Ash Wednesday at area Catholic churches. Story by Jonathan Shelley • 1mo. A sh Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and prayer that ends at Easter.

Ash Wednesday is not a solemnity of the Lord; participation in Mass is not obligatory. An unfortunate pattern in Euro-American Catholicism has been excessive (clerical) insistence upon situating ...

Fernando Arangua, a deacon at San Juan Diego Catholic Church, places ashes on a boy's forehead during the church's Ash Wednesday service on March 2, 2022.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor ...

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, and ends on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. During this time, Catholics are encouraged to deepen their faith through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Ash Wednesday 2023: Catholic Diocese of Cleveland marks the beginning of Lent in Northeast Ohio 'Ash Wednesday is a day of fast and abstinence.' To stream WKYC on your phone, you need the WKYC app.