Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time leading up to Holy Week and Easter Sunday ... Clergy members will be on ...

Lent is a Christian season of prayer that lasts 40 days, not including Sundays, beginning on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and ending at sundown on Holy Thursday, April 17. The name “Lent” is from ...

Ash Wednesday, also known as the ... himself as the Passover sacrifice. During the Holy Thursday Mass, there is the sacrament of Communion, blessings of the Oil of Chrism, striping of the altar ...