Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Lenten Season.  We will gather for worship at 6:00pm on Wednesday evening for  MASS WITH THE IMPOSITION OF ASHES on our foreheads.  It is an outward sign of our penitence and our willingness to amend our lives.  After this liturgy we will have a meatless pizza supper and your FREEWILL OFFERINGS will help in covering the costs of the meal.  Gluten Free Pizzas will be available.

Here is a brief explanation of Ash Wednesday:  Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a season in the liturgical church calendar that is dedicated to preparing minds, hearts and souls for Easter. On this day, many denominations around the world– including Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, and others–hold a special service where the priest/pastor will dip a thumb in a bowl of ashes and make the sign of the cross on a congregant’s forehead. The ashes, made by burning the palm branches from the previous year’s Palm Sunday, serve as a poignant reminder of our sin, our need for repentance, and our mortality—"from dust you came, and to dust you shall return." They are not required by God but are meant to be a solemn reminder every time we look in the mirror that day.