Today is Mardi Gras, or "Fat Tuesday," which is also known as Shrove Tuesday. It is a last day of celebration and festivities before the penance of Lent unfolds with Ash Wednesday tomorrow. The blogs below are a good starting place to learn more about Mardi Gras, how to celebrate it rightly, and why it is that we engage in Ash Wednesday at the beginning of the Lenten season. 

These are the Most Interesting Mardi Gras Celebrations 

Learn more about how Fat Tuesday is celebrated throughout the Western world through festivity and food. 

How to Have a Rightly Ordered Mardi Gras

Although Mardi Gras can be a convivial time, it ought not lead to vice and debauchery. This blog delves into how to celebrate Fat Tuesday with due solemnity and a truly Catholic understanding, that is, with virtue and wholesomeness. 

Why Do Catholics Wear Ashes on Ash Wednesday?

This blog takes a deep look into the history of wearing ashes from the Old Testament and brings to life this custom for the beginning of Lent.

May your Shrove Tuesday be filled with due joy and your Ash Wedenesday be filled with due penance!