Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday, February 18. It marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day season (excluding Sundays) of prayer, fasting, and repentance leading up to Easter Sunday, which will be celebrated on April 5. 

Below is the Mass and service schedule for St. Charles Borromeo and the Cathedral of St. James.

• 9 AM – Mass with distribution of ashes at St. Charles Borromeo
• 12 PM– Mass with distribution of ashes at St. James Cathedral Basilica and the start of the Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage
• 12:10 PM – Prayer Service with distribution of ashes at St. Charles Borromeo
• 7 PM – Mass with distribution of ashes at St. Charles Borromeo