That means you may see someone walking around with an ash cross on their forehead this Wednesday. Don't try to clean their forehead: Here's what it means and why the day figures so prominently in ...

On Ash Wednesday, many Christians observe the tradition of placing ashes in a cross on the forehead, which may be accompanied by the words “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” or ...

The couple purchased stickers online with an Ash Wednesday cross and words from the Scriptures ... the traditional application of ashes on one’s forehead. Ed Fitzgerald, 83, of Washington ...

some churches mark the foreheads of worshippers with an ash cross. The ashes, made from palm branches from the previous year's Palm Sunday service, are applied to a parishioner's forehead by a ...

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The symbol of Ash Wednesday is usually a cross made of burned ashes traced across our forehead. ‘Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall ...

Valley Catholic churches celebrates Mass throughout the day, some beginning as early as 6:30 a.m. and into the evening, with services with ashes spread on foreheads in the shape of a cross.

"During the Ash Wednesday service for Year 9 and Year 11 students, it came to our attention that discomfort was experienced by some students that had received the ashes on the forehead.

Ash Wednesday initiates the 40-day lead-up to Easter, which falls on April 5 this year. Watch the video below in which Rev. Leo Goodman of Historic Saint Mary's Catholic Church in downtown ...

A crackling fire adds coziness and ambience, but the resulting ash cleanup is unpleasant; that’s where an ash vacuum comes in. While traditional hearth cleaning involves a broom, a dustpan ...

There is a ritual for sailors when they cross the equator, a baptism on the line ... no heroic measures. The convergence of ...

College of the Holy Cross is a private institution that was founded in 1843. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,219 (fall 2023), its setting is city, and the campus size is 174 acres.

On Ash Wednesday, many Catholics will receive ashes on their forehead in the shape of a cross. The ashes are made from the palms from the previous Palm Sunday and they are a public sign of faith ...