Local Churches Plan Ash Wednesday Services

Campus Ministry will add a 5 p.m. Ash Wednesday Mass to the regular schedule (7 a.m. and 12:10 p.m.) in the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas. The Mass at the School of Law in Minneapolis will take place at noon in the atrium.

FASTING: Catholics who are 18 year old and up, until their 59th birthday (when you begin your 60th year), are bound to fast (1 full meal and 2 “snacks” that don't ad up to a full meal) on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

SMALL PRINT: ON THE FIRST DAY of Lent, having ash on one's forehead used to be common in Ireland. But has Ash Wednesday's sacramental ritual depleted in popularity or are Catholics still marking themselves out in the act of repentance before God?

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. Here are a list of services planned at area churches. By Larissa Dudkiewicz Lent is the season of reflection and fasting leading to Easter. Sewickley Patch brings you a list of area churches

SMALL PRINT: ON THE FIRST DAY of Lent, having ash on one's forehead used to be common in Ireland. But has Ash Wednesday's sacramental ritual depleted in popularity or are Catholics still marking themselves out in the act of repentance before God?