Fridays are days of sacrifice in Lent among Christians, and abstaining from meat is custom. 

During the Lenten season, churches and organizations across the country fire up their fryers and shower the community in fried fish.

Fish fries are big fundraisers for churches including smaller parishes like St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church.

Christians around the world attended church services Wednesday in commemoration of Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the beginning of the Lenten season.