Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday services mark the beginning of the Lenten season

2012-02-21 12:46:00

Yesterday, on Shrove Tuesday, we feasted. Today, on Ash Wednesday, we fast as we start the sacrificial season of Lent. Begin your pilgrimage in one of these welcoming churches: • Arbutus United Methodist Church, 1201 Maple Ave. Communion hours...

Ash Wednesday a time for renewed interest in spirituality

2012-02-21 14:52:00

For the Rev. Blaise Sedney at Bel Air's St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Ash Wednesday is a unique opportunity to connect with people by placing ashes on their foreheads while reading the verse, "You were made from dust, and to dust you will return."...

Day Trip

2012-02-24 13:32:56

Rehoboth Beach, Del. Chocolate Festival Enjoy a taste of something sweet at the 22nd annual Chocolate Festival in downtown Rehoboth Beach on Saturday, March 3. The festival includes a seven-category chocolate baking contest open to all levels of skill,...

Ash Wednesday Storm: More memories

2012-03-07 07:38:00

I received a piece of clarification on one of the photos used with yesterday's retrospective of the Ash Wednesday Storm that I found interesting. As one reader remembers it, the "motel" shown above was perhaps a forebear of the condominium towers that...

Rodgers Forge: Lenten season brings slate of activities at area churches

2012-02-16 12:16:00

Now that Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow and we've all declared our love for family, friends and others at Valentine's Day, it won't be long before local Christians begin the six-week observance of Lent. Our area churches will inaugurate the Lenten...

Elkridge: St. Augustine Knights of Columbus to host annual bull and oyster roast Feb. 18

2012-02-15 00:00:00

Wow ... can you believe that we are halfway through February already? And, it's been such a mild winter that my jonquils are already 4 inches out of the ground. I guess they're just as eager for spring as any of us. However, the word from "Puxatawney...

Three area churches celebrate Shrove Tuesday with pancake suppers

2012-02-12 00:00:00

The Christian season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and ends 40 days later (Sundays not included) with Easter. In the Middle Ages, celebrants fasted during Lent and thus indulged in richer foodstuff – for example, milk, eggs, sugar, and butter &#...

Highland/Fulton: Emmanuel United Methodist Church set for Shrove Tuesday dinner Feb. 21

2012-02-06 00:00:00

Question: What day comes before Ash Wednesday? Answer: Shrove Tuesday. Next question: What kind of meal is typically consumed on Shrove Tuesday? Why, pancakes of course! Next question: Have you ever noticed how some things taste so much better when...

Cockeysville students' art complement Meyerhoff show

2012-02-05 11:11:00

Twelve students from Cockeysville Middle School are having their artwork displayed at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The exhibition coincides with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's February concert series, which includes a multimedia performance of...

Lutherville: Thinking Day will help mark Girl Scouting 100th birthday

2012-02-12 17:30:00

Girl Scouting will celebrate its 100th anniversary on March 12, celebrating how Juliette Lowe brought scouting to Savannah, Ga., to start this wonderful program for girls in the United States. Our local Girl Scout Service Unit will celebrate Thinking Day...

Clarence B. "Curly" Garrett

2011-09-26 13:48:00

Clarence B. "Curly" Garrett, a retired Baltimore Sun news photographer whose career spanned nearly four decades, died Saturday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Homewood at Plum Creek, a Hanover, Pa., retirement community. The former Ellicott...

"Ash Wednesday Storm" struck 49 years ago

2011-03-05 04:22:11

FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:One of the greatest nor’easters on record struck 49 years ago today. The “Ash Wednesday Storm,” as it came to be known, generated 70 mph winds that piled up 40-foot ocean waves. Ocean City sustained major...

Ash Wednesday storm destruction

2012-03-07 07:24:03

The Rev. G.T. Schramm of Trinity Episcopal Church in Shepherdstown, W.Va., places ashes on the foreheads of church members Wednesday night during an Ash Wednesday service.

2012-02-23 05:01:08

After the 7 a.m. Mass, Roman Catholics wait their turns to get their forehead marked with ash on Ash Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Calexico.

2012-02-23 01:17:45