Ashes will be distributed this Wednesday at 12:20 pm and 4:00 pm at St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel, located at 46 North Eagleville Road. All are welcome to receive.
Facts about Ash Wednesday (from Catholic.org):
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection, and fasting which prepares us for Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and is chiefly observed by Catholics, although many other Christians observe it too.
The practice includes the wearing of ashes on the head, in addition to prayer and fasting.
The ashes symbolize the dust from which God made us. Ashes also symbolize grief, in this case, grief that we have sinned and caused division from God.
The ashes are made from blessed palm branches, taken from the previous year's Palm Sunday mass.
- Priests administer ashes during Mass and all are invited to accept the ashes as a visible symbol of penance.
For more information, contact: St. Thomas Aquinas at 860-429-6436