COVID-19 brings changes to Ash Wednesday services across PA
In four dioceses in northeastern and central Pennsylvania, ashes will be sprinkled on parishioners' heads to maintain social distancing.
Author: Peggy Lee
Updated: 5:28 AM EST February 12, 2021
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa. — COVID-19 will now have an impact on Christians who mark the holy season of Lent.
Ash Wednesday is going to look a little different this year in the way ashes will be received.
At Our Lady of Mercy Church just outside Catawissa, parish volunteers were working into the evening, preparing food that will be sold during their Frostbite Festival on Saturday.
They will sell some hearty dishes to-go as a fundraiser for the church that the pandemic has financially impacted.