EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent for Christians across the globe. Like in past years, a church in East Providence offered ashes to those who could not attend ...

All the decorations are laid out for ... cancel their plans to commemorate Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday this week. St. Theresa Catholic Church will have a Mardi Gras celebration from 5:30 to ...

Ash Wednesday is Wednesday ... The 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory, set the first official period of Lent in 601 AD, according to the Museum of the Bible. At this time, Lent ...

In the Catholic Church, ashes are applied to the forehead of each worship attendee at Ash Wednesday mass services. The receiving of ashes is not a sacrament of the Catholic Church and is therefore ...