Ash Wednesday service times set at First United Methodist Church

Ash Wednesday drive-thru options and times

First Lutheran Church: 301 W Farrel Rd. Lafayette Drive-thru ashes distributed: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Service/Mass: 7:00 p.m. Look for cones and volunteers directing traffic. For more information, click here. Asbury United Methodist Church: 101 Live Oak Blvd, Lafayette Drive-thru ashes distributed: 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Service/Mass: 6:00 p.m. Look for volunteers directing traffic; accessible off of Johnston St. or Bel Ann Dr. For more informati…

Ash Wednesday service times set at First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is hosting a Mardi Gras party at 6 p.m. tonight, two Ash Wednesday services and the blessing of ashes to-go.

The Color Purple: The Hue Reflects the Reason Behind the Penitential Season

Vestments highlight the liturgical color of ‘violet’ used these 40 days. Watts and Co. has been producing ecclesiastical garments, textiles and furnishings since 1874 in London. Courtesy of Watts and Co. As Catholics journey towards Calvary, they undertake many particular practices and devotions during the Lenten season.

Lent is a 40-day period from Ash Wednesday, which takes place this year on March 5, until Holy Thursday on April 17.

Catholic parish says Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday events will go on despite winter weather

Ash Wednesday marks the start of a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving known as Lent.

SCHEDULE: Ash Wednesday 2025 in Malls

Bookmark and refresh for the latest updates. MANILA, Philippines – For the Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday, March 5, opens the penitential season of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving in preparation for Holy Week and Easter.  On this day, Catholics flock to worship places to attend Mass and to have their foreheads marked with ashes as a symbol of repentance from sin. Ash Wednesday is also a day of fasting and abstinence. Fas…