The cars roll up to Christ Church in Ridgewood and snake around the block, waiting for their turn at the drive-thru. Then Rev. Tom Matthews, the church rector, emerges to perform the ancient, annual ...

It's almost time for Lent, the 40-day period where the faithful practice repentance, fasting and prayer. Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, with the marking of the cross in ash on the forehead, a common ...

“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites…. anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden.” Find today’s readings here ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Following the parades and parties of Mardi Gras, people across the Baton Rouge area will mark Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday in 2026 is being observed on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians. On ...

T.R. Reid’s “Ash Wednesday and our Shared Dust” (Houses of Worship, Feb. 13) expresses the seeming contradiction between wearing ashes in public on Ash Wednesday and Jesus’ admonition not to display ...

The seventh weekend of an impressive 2026 box office has now passed, with no one surprised to see director Emerald Fennell's third feature film, an adaptation of Wuthering Heights, top the domestic ...

Though he does not always evolve his Pokémon, Ash Ketchum of the original Pokémon anime series does have a few fully-evolved allies. For instance, his Charizard from the Kanto region is one of his ...

Like most Americans, I’ve grown a little relaxed about church attendance. Some Sundays I get up and go to Mass. Other Sundays I sit around reading the papers or head out to the ski slopes. And I don’t ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season for many Christians. In 2026, Ash Wednesday falls on Feb. 18, and Lent ends on April 2. The ashes, made from the previous year's palms, symbolize ...