The Season of Lent which was started on Ash Wednesday with imposition of ashes on our foreheads marking ourselves with the ...

During Lent, all Catholics are called to spiritual growth through deeper experiences of prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Easter weekend is just a week away. This year Easter falls on one of the latest dates possible. Why does the date change?

Easter this year is on April 20, but before we get to Resurrection Sunday, there are seven days before, each with its own ...

Today is the last Friday of Lent 2025 as we head into Passover, Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Here's what to know about the ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill continues his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, focusing on Holy ...

Childhood memories of giving up candy or sitting through weekly Stations of the Cross come immediately to mind. Words like ...

Hellebores, also called Lenten roses, are one of the earliest perennial plants to flower in early spring. They will bloom for ...

Lent gets its name from a word meaning "springtime," the time of year when the hours of daylight are lengthening and the sun ...

On Ash Wednesday, March 5, ashes were spread across people’s foreheads, and the person spreading the ashes said, “Remember ...

Not all Christians celebrate Lent, but that’s not stopping some – especially those who have never done so before – from ...