Hundreds stopped to receive ashes during Bishop Cullinan’s six-hour mission — a sign that despite cultural shifts, the ...

The ashes, made from the burned palm fronds of the previous year's Palm Sunday, symbolize humility and the need for spiritual renewal. The practice was formalized by the Catholic Church as a way ...

The day signals the beginning of Lent, a period Roman Catholics participate in to prepare for Easter by going to Mass and receiving ashes on their forehead in the shape of a cross. Catholic ...

Archbishop Hebda said that the word for humility comes from the Latin word “humus,” for earth or ground. To him, there’s an immediate connection between humility and the spreading of the ashes on Ash ...

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Downtown Syracuse will hold Ash Wednesday masses at the following times for the distribution of ashes: 7:00 a.m. Noon At Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse ...

The ashes pressed onto people’s foreheads during mass symbolize “fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed by the mercy of God,” according to the Catholic News Agency. With the ...

Ashes can be purchased, but some churches make their own by burning the palms from prior years. For example, several parishes and schools in the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese plan to hold palm ...

IT’S ABOUT CARRYING THE MEANING OF THE SEASON BEYOND TODAY, AND SHE WOULDN’T HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN ABLE TO GET HER ASHES. AND SHE’S BEEN A CATHOLIC FOR ALMOST 80 YEARS, SO I KNOW SHE REALLY IT ...

The ashes pressed onto people’s foreheads during mass symbolize “fragility and mortality, and the need to be redeemed by the mercy of God,” according to the Catholic News Agency. With the ...