Ash Wednesday

• Saskatchewan parishioners practicing Lent traditions in unique ways

  Some Lent traditions will be changing this year in response to COVID-19 safety measures in Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2021
  
• Pope skips planned mass with Rome priests due to ‘slight’ illness

  There was no word from the Vatican about the nature of his illness, but the pope was seen coughing and blowing his nose during the Ash Wednesday Mass.

  World

  Feb 27, 2020
  
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• Drive-thru blessings: Vancouver church meets worshippers in parking lot for Ash Wednesday

  Canadian Memorial United Church Minister Beth Hayward said that while other churches have done doorstep blessings before, she thinks hers is the first in Vancouver to do drive-thrus.

  Mar 6, 2019
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• Church in Ireland offers drive-thru penance for Ash Wednesday

  St. Patrick’s Church, in Glenamaddy, Galway, offered parishioners in a rush a quick and easy way to take part in Ash Wednesday ceremonies without leaving their cars.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 1, 2017
• Mardi Gras revelry ends, Lenten season begins

  The merriment of Mardi Gras has ended and the solemn season of Lent begins.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 5, 2014
• Brazil keeps up Carnival pace of parties, parades

  Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men dancing a furious samba opened the final round of Rio de Janeiro's extravagant Carnival parades

  Lifestyle

  Mar 4, 2014