Celebrate at Church or at Home - Ash Wednesday (Feburary 17)

While our churches are expected to be permitted to reopen next week across Northern Ontario, there still remains a capacity restriction as well  as parishioners who feel uncomfortable returning at this time.  Bishop  Dowd is encouraging all Catholics to still celebrate Ash Wednesday –  the beginning of Lent. Parishioners who cannot attend Mass on Ash  Wednesday are asked to go to the parish (between Febuary 17 and February 28) to pick up blessed ashes and  a prayer service brochure, and pray at home with the members of your household.  
 

Click here for Ash Wednesday brochure with introduction and instruction
Click here for Bishop Dowd's decree concerning Ash Wednesady and the distribution of ashes