when is lent over for catholics

For Catholics in 2025, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. Lent officially concludes with the beginning of the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, which marks the start of the Holy Triduum, a separate liturgical season. Although Holy Saturday is often mentioned as part of the Lenten period ending before Easter Sunday, liturgically Lent ends on Holy Thursday evening. The full period of Lent is traditionally 40 days of fasting and penance, excluding Sundays, which are seen as "mini-Easters" and days of celebration.