The Lenten season is taken very seriously in South America which is principally catholic. After the exhuberance of Carnival in Rio, faithful embark on a 40 day period of prayer, visiting the church and abstinence to prepare for the Easter Celebrations.
the start of lent
there is never no mass celebrated during lent
Lent is celebrated differently by everyone. Usually you will give up something for lent or take up some form of betterment.
Lent is not celebrated. That is an oxymoron. However, people, at least good Christians, do observe Lent in England.
It is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent
Easter Sunday, Jesus Christ's rising from the dead, is celebrated at the end of lent.
st. Patrick's day
lent is celebrated to show our penance to God for all the sins we have committed
tuesady before Lent
Nothing. Carnival takes place some days before lent, but carnival is not celebrated in Chile.
It's usually celebrated before the forty days of fasting called Lent. Depending on the place, it can be up to two weeks before Lent or begin straight after Epiphany. The day of the most celebrations, however, is Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras, which is right before Ash Wednesday when Lent officially begins.
Mother's Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent in Nigeria. In 2012, that was March 18.