Mardi Gras, also called Fat Tuesday, is a festive celebration which occurs the day before Ash Wednesday. Locally, some ...

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I’ve kept the same vow with the same penance during Lent. After all of that time, it’s still impossible to understand why I haven’t cured my lazy habit of cussing. I started swearing at 18 just after ...

The People’s Union USA calls the 24 hours of spending abstinence set to start at midnight an “economic blackout,” a term that ...

The public is invited to gather at noon in the fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church at 800 North Main Street, South ...

Carnival Season -- marked by a weekslong pre-Lenten bash and complete with colorful parades, shimmery beads tossed from ...

A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance.” The ...

For those not eating meat on Fridays during Lent, we've found some of the best spots across metro Detroit for a fish fry, ...

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will ...

A grassroots organization is encouraging U.S. residents not to spend any money Friday as an act of “economic resistance” to ...