Ash Wednesday begins the liturgical season of Lent. It is not a holy day of obligation, though it is a day of prayer, abstinence, fasting and repentance. Catholics are generally obliged to fast and to refrain from eating meat. At the link below, read more on what to know about Ash Wednesday.

Everyone is invited to join Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., for an Ash Wednesday Mass at 6:30 p.m. at St. John Neumann Church, located at 8451 Idlewild Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28227.