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This is just the beginning of the 46 days until Easter Sunday. As the holy days fall on a different date each year, here are the important dates for this year's holy season. When is Ash Wednesday?
Parishioners and guests of Holy Family Parish’s Our Lady of Joy in Plum enjoyed a variety of foods at the church’s Friday fish frys this Lenten season. The church at 2000 O’Block ...
As Lent wraps up, Holy Week continues through Easter Sunday. See the meaning of Good Friday and why people fast after Maundy Thursday.
This week Christians around South Jersey are celebrating the end of Lent and preparing for Easter Sunday.
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When does Lent end Lent's 40-day season ends on Holy Thursday. What is Lent? Lent is a 40-day period observed by Christians to prepare for Easter and the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection.
The feast in honor of Our Lady, Queen of Palestine and patroness of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, was first celebrated on Aug. 15, 1928.
When does Lent end? Lent ends on Thursday, April 17 this year. What is the last day of Lent called? The final day of Lent is also known as Holy Thursday.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, recently came to the basilica to dedicate its new altar on the occasion of the church’s reopening.
When is Ash Wednesday? Franciscan Father Joachim speaks with people visiting the gift store at Our Lady's Chapel in downtown New Bedford after delivering Ash Wednesday Mass.
As Lent wraps up, Holy Week continues through Easter Sunday. See the meaning of Good Friday and why people fast after Maundy Thursday.
“Today, we consecrate once again our Church, our diocese, our land to Our Lady, Queen of Palestine,” Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said Oct. 29.