Dried palm fronds engulfed by a ball of flames Tuesday provided students a visual connection to the upcoming Lenten season at St. Theresa Catholic School in Palatine. Fronds from last year's Palm ...

Students at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School in Prospect Heights helped prepare the way for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent with the burning of blessed palms Tuesday outside the school.

On Wednesday, many Christians will show up to work with ashes smudged on their foreheads. Many more will head to church on their lunch break or after work to receive a cross of ashes on their face.

Online shopping has become a way of life — even for the Catholic Church. In preparation for Ash Wednesday, a rising number of religious leaders are forgoing the tradition of burning palms and instead ...

Smoke billowed out of the small, tin pail as Jim Merckling mashed down embers to create an ash fine enough to be administered to people's foreheads on Ash Wednesday. Merckling, 73, and a parishioner ...

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Or, “Repent and believe in the Gospel.” On Ash Wednesday, millions of Catholics throughout the English-speaking world will hear one of these two ...

For example, several parishes and schools in the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese plan to hold palm burning ceremonies this year. CAN CATHOLICS CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY ON ASH WEDNESDAY? In addition to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Jay Janner/American-Statesman) Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the 40-day Christian season of reflection, fasting and ...