When Is Ash Wednesday 2024 Catholic. Ash wednesday begins the 40 days in which the church calls the faithful to conversion and to truly prepare to live the mysteries of the passion, death, and resurrection of jesus christ. In the journey of faith, god consistently reveals himself as a beacon of freedom, guiding his people from bondage to liberation.

It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for christ’s resurrection on easter sunday. It always falls six and half weeks before easter, beginning the lenten season of preparation for christ’s resurrection on easter sunday.