"Unusual Traditions: Navigating Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday in 2024"

On Feb. 14, which coincides with St. Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday this year, Catholic couples and spouses can observe both by emphasizing the importance of words, paying attention to details, spending time together, projecting themselves into the future, and doing something together for others. Brother Édgar Henríquez, a Chilean seminarian, suggests that couples pray together, show affection through simple gestures, spend quality time, renew their mutual promise, and engage in charitable acts as a way to observe both occasions in the best possible way.