One by one, a cross was etched with dark ashes across each student’s forehead. “This is why we run a Catholic school, to do stuff like this and live the liturgical life amongst the students,” The Rev.

Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person belongs to Jesus Christ.

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, marking the start of Lent. Here's why some people wear ashes on their foreheads during the day.

The ashes placed in the sign of a cross on worshipers' foreheads on Ash Wednesday are supposed to be made from last year's Palm Sunday palm branches, according to the Catholic News Agency.

Ash Wednesday is a day away and begins the Christian season of Lent. The 6-week period that leads up to Easter. What we know on date, meaning and more.

While most commonly associated with the Roman Catholic Church ... fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead. Ash Wednesday also marks the first day of the season ...

Ash Wednesday begins the liturgical ... Those are ashes forming a cross on the person's forehead. According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the tradition has its roots in ...

The Center for Faith, Action and Ministry (CFAM) provides a variety of events and retreats for students to observe Lent.

It's time for the faithful to receive the marking of the cross in ... Texas at El Paso Catholic Campus ministry, assists Bishop Mark J. Seitz in leading mass celebrating Ash Wednesday at UTEP ...

Rev. Stephen Hamilton, pastor, traces a cross on the forehead of a woman during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Monica Catholic Church in Edmond, Oklahoma on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Rev. Stephen ...

Students with Holy Trinity Catholic School and Pre-School also visited on Ash Wednesday ... shape of a cross were placed on worshippers’ foreheads as a sign of penance during the Wednesday ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara took Ash Wednesday to the streets. For the second consecutive year, the church hosted a drive-thru Ash Wednesday service on ...