Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time leading up to Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Clergy members will be on hand to offer a short prayer and ashes at multiple locations in the area.

At the Colorado State Capitol, lawmakers are using this day to receive blessings and even pick up ashes.

Today, the First Lady and I join the millions of Christians in the United States and around the world in observing Ash Wednesday—a solemn day of prayer

This Ash Wednesday, some churches are offering prayers and ashes as a “drive-thru” option. Here’s where you can find this around the St. Louis metro.

St. John the Evangelist Church in Philadelphia offered Masses, brief liturgies with ashes and confessions over 11 hours Feb. 18, thanks to an army of volunteers and Franciscan friars.

Pope Leo XIV presided over Ash Wednesday, lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” destroyed by global conflicts. He revived traditional processions and rituals largely delegated by his predecessor, sprinkling ashes on cardinals during Mass.

Greenville church makes Ash Wednesday accessible with drive-thru ash

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