![]() Catholic News Herald Ash Wednesday customsĪsh Wednesday – March 2 this year – signals the start of Lent. Ashes are an ancient biblical sign meant as an outward demonstration of repentance for our sins and reminder of our mortality. ![]() ![]() The instruction also noted that face masks should not be worn during the imposition of ashes.Īsh Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is a holy day of fasting and abstinence. 18 instruction from the Diocese of Charlotte’s Office of Divine Worship noted. Priests may say “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return” either to each person as they receive ashes or once to the entire congregation, a Feb. Conference of Catholic Bishops has left guidelines for the distribution of ashes this year to the discretion of each bishop. – is similar to diocesan churches were instructed to do last year. The practice – customary at the Vatican and in Italy but not as common in the U.S. ![]() ![]() Parishes are being directed again this year to sprinkle ashes on the top of each person’s head rather than using them to make a cross on their forehead. ![]()
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