As we anticipate Shrove Tuesday and Lent, Father Michael Maine reflects on the season as a much needed opportunity to refresh our spiritual lives.

Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day is the traditional feast day before the Lent fast starts on Ash Wednesday. Today, ...

COMMENT - The Archbishop joined Scott Mills on BBC Radio 2 Breakfast this morning to deliver a Pause for Thought. This ...

Shrove Tuesday also known as Pancake Day is an historic and religious event in the UK, but what's the reason we celebrate it?

It depends on the date of Easter, and therefore the date of Pancake Day, moves around with the Lunar Calendar. Easter is ...

Fasnacht Day is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is celebrated on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It's a day of feasting and ...

Shrove Tuesday, also commonly referred to as Pancake Day, is a celebration that’s observed the day before Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of the Christian observance of Lent, a 40-day ...

Single-shaming customs were especially prevalent in Munster with the 'Skellig Lists' mocking, teasing and insulting unmarried ...

One Irish custom of the day was that any holly left over from Christmas should be saved for the fire to make the pancakes. As eating meat was to be banned for Lent, animals were slaughtered for a ...

Folks at Easton Baking Co. in Easton work all day and into the night preparing for the annual Fastnaucht Day celebration.

A series of handmade signs were posted along Route 183 on Monday, cueing motorists with an enticing message: “Homemade ...