Locals talk Lent sacrifices
Today is Ash Wednesday and that means it is now the start of Lent and the end of the Mardi Gras season. Some Gulfport residents attended St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church today to receive their ashes for the first…
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Pastors Host "Ashes To-Go"
Three local pastors made sure residents on the move received their ashes this morning for the beginning of lent. News 25's Laurene Callander reports on the ashes to go service in Long Beach. A drive thru with a purpose... Three…
Catholics Observe Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday, people go to mass to get ashes in the sign of a cross on their foreheads. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson went to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church to learn more about Ash Wednesday. “From dust we came, and…
Local Catholics Honor Ash Wednesday with Special Service
Wednesday, Catholics around the world entered church and left with an ashen cross on their foreheads.