Various instruments began to be used to carry out penances that required physical pain, including sackcloth and whips. CILICIO The sackcloth is a band of chains with tips that are tight to the ...

Women dressed in sackcloth converged at Nation Centre in Nairobi, singing hymns to demand an end to abductions Videos of the peaceful protest went viral, sparking conversations about safety and ...

Why ashes on Ash Wednesday? By Fr. Paul Jarvis Pastor of Guardian Angels Church & School First of all, Ash Wednesday – the first day of Lent, the penitential season prior to Easter ...

Today, Feb. 22, is Ash Wednesday. Ashes were a symbol of mourning in the OT (Old Testament). You put them on yourself, heaped on your head like ...