Here are some ideas for sharing the season of Lent with kids: 1. Find practical ... the importance of holy water at the Easter vigil, and the smells of incense and Easter lilies on Easter morning.

Families everywhere are gearing up for egg hunts, where children race to find ... and on the third day — Easter Sunday — he rose from the dead. Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting ...

The chapel will host an Easter egg hunt at 2 p.m. on April 18 at 585 Chester Hill Road, Chillicothe. There will be free food, ...

Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, falls on March 5 in 2025. The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year because it depends on the lunar cycles that determine the date of Easter. Christians around ...

The kickoff to Lent begins with Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Catholicism is known for its feasts and fasts, Fat Tuesday is the day before Lent when you participate in a ...

This week kicks off the period leading up to the Christian Easter ... before Lent were periods of great festivity before the coming days of abstinence," the website says. "Children would go ...