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Sweet video captures a baby giggling and dancing after hearing music for the first time, thanks to cochlear implants. It means a lot to me, especially this year because of the crazy pandemic, congregant Miguele Dayda said.
At St. Patrick s Cathedral in Midtown, Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan celebrated Mass at noon to mark the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period of Increased prayer, penitence, fasting, and acts of charity in preparation for Easter on April 4.
Dolan began the day by helping to distribute food at 7 a.m. at the St. Francis of Assisi Breadline, outside St. Francis of Assisi Church. Ashes were being distributed at St. Patrick s following Mass at 7 a.m., noon and 5:30 p.m., and according to the Archdiocese of New York, it was being done respectfully following social distance guidelines and with a spritz of hand sanitizer between blessings.