"It's deeper than abstaining from ice cream," said Fr. Bill Swichtenberg of St. Mary Catholic Community in Appleton.

Ash Wednesday begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period is a tectonic time of year leading up to Easter. What we ...

The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), ...

Easter 2025 will be celebrated on Sunday, April 20, marking one of the most significant Christian holidays. The date is ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians. Lent will start on Ash Wednesday, March 5. It ends on ...

As the Easter season approaches, the cost for a carton of eggs is high and supply is low. Here are five fun alternatives to ...

Easter Sunday sometimes falls in late April, because the holiday is not tied to a specific date. As a result, all of the ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 5 this year. More: What will spring be like in ...

Easter is a few months away, but several other religious holidays, like Ash Wednesday, are coming up. Here's when Fat Tuesday is and when Lent starts.

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...