Cardinal Robert W. McElroy blesses more than 800 catechumens, candidates, godparents, sponsors, and family members catechumens and candidates who attended the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call ...
The symbols of Easter, such as bunnies and eggs ... Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, according to Catholic Answers — the first full moon on or after March 21.
Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier ...
Believers — including Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians and Lutherans — put ashes on their foreheads as an outward symbol of their penitence. Members of Utah’s predominant religion, The Church ...
Easter season comes late this year ... pastor or minister during church services. Ashes are a symbol of penance. Marking the first day of the Lenten season, Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting ...
Catholic bishops ... and empty symbols that have done little to address the country’s moral and economic decay. “As we journey towards Easter, let us pray for our country.
Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is marked by receiving ashes on the forehead as a symbol ... seasons on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and ...
Jose Iglesias [email protected] Pews were packed at an Ash Wednesday mass led by Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski at Broward’s oldest Catholic Church earlier this afternoon.
If you are a member of one of a variety of Christian churches, you have entered the season of Lent, traditionally a time of ...
Holy Week timeline traces the final days of Jesus on Earth, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. It starts with Jesus entering ...
While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up special prayers for Pope Francis.
Noticing people with smudges on their foreheads today? It is Ash Wednesday, kicking off the 40-day Lenten season of prayer, sacrifice and fish Fridays ...