Ashes will be distributed on Ash Wednesday after all Masses.
The Mass schedule for Ash Wednesday is as follows:
- 6:00 AM (English)
- 7:00 AM (Polish)
- 8:00 AM (English)
- 12:30 PM (Polish)
- 5:30 PM (English)
- 7:00 PM (Polish)
A day of fasting, is the first day of Lent in Western Christianity. It occurs 46 days (40 weekdays plus 6 Sundays) before Easter and can fall as early as 4 February or as late as 10 March. Ash Wednesday is observed by many Western Christians, including Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Anglicans, and Presbyterians. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of blessing ashes made from palm branches blessed on the previous year Palm Sunday, and placing them on the heads of participants to the accompaniment of the words “Repent, and believe in the Gospel” or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”