Today, I take my own children—both born after miscarriages—to the Ash Wednesday service. The first time, I braced and squirmed to know the ashes were coming for them. Death is our universal ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Ash Wednesday's roots date back to the 11th century and stem from Jewish fasting and penance ...

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However, fasting is exempted for children or the elderly. Fat Tuesday, which translates to Mardi Gras in French, is on Tuesday, March 4, which is the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras refers to ...

Catholics are not supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday or Fridays during Lent. However, children and elderly people are usually exempt from fasting and giving up meat. Lent culminates with ...

Paulina Baeza of Fillmore brought four of her seven children to the center because she wanted them ... that has long hosted members from nearby Pacific Palisades. “It’s Ash Wednesday, the start of ...

Catholics aren’t supposed to eat meat on Ash Wednesday. Some opt to fast, eating one full meal a day or two smaller meals. However some people, including children and the elderly, are exempt ...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Joy hosted Ash Wednesday activities geared toward children and youth Wednesday evening. Open to the public, the event featured a soup supper; a church service ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Ash Wednesday – officially known as the Day of Ashes — is a day of repentance, when ...

Children and the elderly are exempt from the fasting requirement on Ash Wednesday and during Lent. Catholics receive ashes on their forehead from Bishop Mark J. Seitz, who conducted a worship ...