A benefit concert to raise food and funds for Grace Lutheran Church’s food distribution outreach will serve another purpose — ...

How does a person fast on Good Friday? Like Ash Wednesday, Good Friday is a day where Catholics are obliged to fast and stay abstinent throughout the day until midnight. Those obligated to fast are ...

Lent is traditionally observed as a 40-day season of prayer and fasting observed by Christians before Easter. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday, the day before Good Friday, in ...

Easter is nearly here. While that may mean candy and Easter bunnies for most, it means something entirely different in the Catholic church. For faithful observers, the spring season is marked by Lent, ...

St. Thomas More Parish-Coralville’s music ministry includes vocalists, a full rhythm section and a variety of instruments. “The makeup of our music ministry are middle school/high school students, ...

Ramadan and Lent are in full swing for those of the Islamic and Christian faiths, respectively, but when will the season end? Ramadan and Lent are among the most important seasons for their respective ...

We are nearly two weeks into the 40-day season of lent, with over four weeks left to go. Here's when and what to know about the end of lent 2026, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and other dates to know.

Why do so many Catholics “give things up” for Lent? Take a moment to reflect upon the goals that you might have set for yourself 12 days ago on Ash Wednesday. Maybe you decided to give something up to ...

One of the recurring ways to identify Jesus as the Messiah is the healings he causes to happen as he is going about in Galilee during the brief period of his public life, and we are hearing about some ...

Opening the Vatican’s Lenten spiritual exercises, the Norwegian Cistercian bishop warned against weaponizing the Gospel in culture wars. Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim, Norway, preaches to Pope Leo ...

What the Church requires during the Lenten season, who must observe it, and who is exempt The Lenten season calls for penance and a deeper renewal of faith Gulf News Archives Dubai: Lent is a 40-day ...

Today marks the start of Lent, which is a time of self-sacrifice and devotion in the Catholic church. One such sacrifice is fasting and abstaining from certain foods, which will impact what Illinois ...