Holidays and Observances

Bargell: Is that mag chloride on your forehead or is this Ash Wednesday?

5 Mar 2014

Initially, I thought it was odd that a column fell due each year on the same holiday. It only took a few, slightly embarrassing moments to make the correlation between the fact my writing typically appears on a Wednesday, and Ash Wednesday always falls on, well, Wednesday.

Religion Notes

3 Mar 2014

Antioch Fundraiser: St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church will serve either a fish boil or a fish fry dinner from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Fridays in Lent, March 7 to April 11, at 500 E. Depot St. Both menus include a homemade dessert; and a $5 meatless pasta dinner will be available for non-fish eaters. The fish boils will be held March 7, 14, 28 and April 4. Tickets for each fish boil are $15, and ...

A time for sacrifice: Ash Wednesday kicks of 40 days of Lent

3 Mar 2014

From Ash Wednesday, on March 5 to April 19, the day before Easter, Lent will be observed by Roman Catholics, most Episcopal congregations and some Protestant congregations, such as Lutherans, Presbyterians and United Methodists. The season is a 40-day per