Friends . Holidays
Friends #22 Ash Wednesday
On February 22, 2012 by LoriAshes to Ashes – Dust to Dust Catholics around the World will come together as one in faith today. Ashes will be placed on foreheads, a reminder of mortality (often stated as, ‘we are dust and to dust we shall return’). Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of six and a half weeks of repentance, fasting and