Ash Wednesday
From the wilderness to new life: A guide to Lent for everyone
By Walter Hesford — February 27, 2024
(FaVS) — Lent, a spring festival, offers a chance to cast off the oppression of winter — or the imperial forces of darkness.
Lenten cease-fire campaign includes Ash Wednesday Mass outside White House
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — February 14, 2024
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘As there’s ashes on our head, there’s also blood on our hands because we cannot exempt ourselves from what this country is doing,’ said the Rev. Graylan Hagler, pastor emeritus of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ.
St. Valentine’s hometown strikes a balance between Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day
By Claire Giangravé — February 14, 2024
TERNI, Italy (RNS) — The hometown of the saint of love found a compromise between Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday.
Hearts and ashes: 10 ways to celebrate Ash Wednesday on Valentine’s Day
By Roxanne Stone and Emily McFarlan Miller — February 13, 2024
(RNS) — It’s a marriage of holidays most sorrowful and saccharine.
The radical, irreverent and inclusive religion of Burning Man
By Kathryn Post — August 25, 2023
(RNS) — 'Perhaps our presence can give people the sense that religion doesn’t need to be as judgmental or scary or exclusionary as they might experience it,' said John Brett, who helps lead the Religious AF camp at Burning Man.
Lent is here – remind me what it’s all about? 5 essential reads
By Molly Jackson — February 23, 2023
(The Conversation) — A roundup of The Conversation’s articles about this holy Christian season and its history.
Choosing the irrational sanity of Ash Wednesday
By Jacob Lupfer — February 21, 2023
(RNS) — Ash Wednesday is almost universally underrated in its power to redeem.
War at Lent: How Ukraine could reshape how we think about Christian unity
By Jacob Lupfer — March 2, 2022
(RNS) — The message of Lent, no matter how or where it is celebrated, remains the same.
Pope Francis ties support for peace in Ukraine to Ash Wednesday’s start of Lent
By Claire Giangravé — March 2, 2022
(RNS) — Pope Francis praised Poland for opening its heart and borders to refugees fleeing Ukraine during his audience on Wednesday.
Tips to get news junkies through a distracting Lent
By Thomas Reese — March 1, 2022
(RNS) — Some demons, Jesus said, can only be cast out by prayer and fasting.
On Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis says Lent is an ‘exodus from slavery to freedom’
By Claire Giangravé — February 17, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — 'Lent is a journey of return to God,' the pope said during his homily on Feb. 17, to the socially distanced faithful attending the Mass.
The countercultural drama of Ash Wednesday
By Jacob Lupfer — February 17, 2021
(RNS) — The day offers an opportunity for the devout, the skeptical and the merely curious to embrace the reality of sin.
Celebrating Ash Wednesday in a pandemic? There’s an app for that
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 16, 2021
(RNS) — Catholic prayer and meditation app Hallow also has taken the day's most visible tradition online with an 'AshTag' filter on both Facebook and Instagram.
No touching! Churches get ready for Ash Wednesday in a pandemic
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 9, 2021
(RNS) — An ecumenical group of clergy, theologians, liturgical scholars and public health experts recently released guidelines for safely observing Ash Wednesday.
Fleeing coronavirus and finding our mortality
By Tara Isabella Burton — March 3, 2020
(RNS) — Our reaction to the coronavirus threat is also a statement about our need for control: our bodies, our world.
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