Ash Wednesday

Tuesday, October 15

Ash Wednesday starts journey to Easter

The season of Lent extends from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday evening, when the Easter Triduum begins. During this period neither the Gloria nor the Alleluia are sung, and a different Collect (Opening Prayer) is provided for every day, to emphasise the importance of these weeks.

Ash Wednesday marked with prayer of peace

For the first time in the history of St Francis School at Lockleys, the community gathered outdoors for an Ash Wednesday liturgy.

Fr Mark Sexton holds some charcoal taken from bushfire ravaged country near Parndana which was to be used to create ashes for an Ash Wednesday ecumenical service on the island. Picture: Sean McGowan

Hope rises from the ashes

Ashes taken from a blackened roadside on Kangaroo Island have provided a symbolic reminder of devastation and new hope for locals who attended an ecumenical Ash Wednesday service on February 26.

SA Catholics celebrate Ash Wednesday

Many thousands of Catholics around the State will attend Ash Wednesday services today to mark the beginning of Lent.

Ashes at sea

Passengers on board the Silversea Silver Muse cruise ship had an opportunity to be anointed with ashes from palms collected and burnt in the Adelaide Cathedral parish thanks to some quick thinking from United States Catholic deacon George Forshay.