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Churches Lift Mask Order for Ash Wednesday
This Ash Wednesday, the church doors are open and masks are no longer required.
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What Is Lent?
About 25% of Americans observe Lent, an annual period of prayer and fasting during the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday. Here’s what you should know.
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What is Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday is an important day in Christianity.
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Pope Francis Leads Ash Wednesday Mass
Pope Francis led the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into the penitential season of lent on Ash Wednesday.
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Churches Make Ash Wednesday Changes
This will be the second Ash Wednesday during which the coronavirus is present in Massachusetts and churches are making some changes.
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Mass. Churches Add Social Distancing for Ash Wednesday Services Amid COVID
Churches have learned to adapt during the coronavirus pandemic, and Ash Wednesday will be no exception. At Grace Episcopal in Norwood, Massachusetts, drive-thru has been the go-to. Fr. John Brockmann said they’ve done it a lot. “We did Easter. Good Friday. Palm Sunday. And we’re probably going to do those again,” he said. For Ash Wednesday, they church has...
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Churches Making Changes for Ash Wednesday Amid Ongoing Pandemic
Churches have learned to adapt during the coronavirus pandemic. And Ash Wednesday will be no exception.