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VOLUME XCIII - NO. 3 | 116 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GOSPEL | FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 10, 2017
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W
e've all seen it; someone
walks into a restaurant, or
a bank or the grocery store
with a smudge of ashes in the shape of
a cross on his forehead, and he is imme-
diately met with stares of confusion and
possibly an awkward smile.
Of course, most Catholics are well
aware of what the ashes mean: it's Ash
Wednesday, and the penitential season
of Lent has begun.
While the pews of churches are
becoming less and less full at Sunday
Mass across the board, something inter-
esting happens on Ash Wednesday —
Mass attendance spikes.
Even those who don't attend church
regularly, and perhaps don't even practice
their faith, clamor at the chance to get
burnt palm leaves smeared across their
heads as the priest exhorts them to turn
away from sin and be faithful
to the Gospel. So what makes
Ash Wednesday so cool?
WHY IS ASH
WEDNESDAY
"COOL"?
BY AARON LAMBERT
aaron.lambert@archden.org
@AaronLmbrt
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PHOTO BY ANDREW WRIGHT