Several local congregations — including St. Michael Catholic Church in Greenfield— honored Ash Wednesday this week, marking the start of Lent. Many Christians use 40 days of Lent as a time for reading ...
Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for Chicago Catholics, with many carrying an ashen cross across their foreheads. It is a tradition that goes back centuries, but at St. Pius V Church ...
St. James Episcopal Church offers three services on Ash Wednesday, but few children attend. So this year for the first time the church, at 119 N. Duke St., will offer a 30-minute, kid-friendly Ash ...