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

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

Easter 2025 season will start soon with Ash Wednesday kicking off Lent. Here are all the dates to look for including Good Friday and Easter 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 ...

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

Ash Wednesday will fall on March 5 this year, and begin Lent. Lent will run from March 5 to April 17 in 2025, ending the day before Good Friday. Easter will be celebrated on April 20 this year. In ...

Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, March 5 this year. In Western churches, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, which will run for 40 days and include fasting and prayer, ending on Good Friday. The date for Easter Sunday changes each year, and with it the dates for ...

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, falls on April 18, 2025. The holiday remembers the day that Jesus Christ suffered and ...

Here’s when Ash Wednesday, Lent, Good Friday and Easter 2025 are and why ... Easter Sunday always falls on the first full moon after the spring equinox. “While Christmas is fixed to a solar ...