The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on ... On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that ...

Passersby at Gisborne’s Holy Trinity Church in Palmerston Rd will have noticed a display of small identical signs on the ...

According to Britannica.com, "Ash Wednesday is a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God and marks the beginning of the penitential Lenten season. It is ...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season on Wednesday without ... observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that ...

The Christian season of Lent is well underway, after beginning last month. Christians worldwide should have become comfortable with the sacrifices they have chosen to observe during this period.

Church member, Rick Friedstrom, said he hopes to be a beacon of light during this Lenten season by being there ... people and what we do is we make the sign of the cross on their foreheads and ...

Ash Wednesday landed at the start of March this year, marking the start of the Lenten season, a 40-day period of reflection before the joyful celebration that is Easter. But when is Easter?