For the 170,000 Roman Catholics in the four-county Diocese of Gary, one of the holiest seasons of the church calendar begins with an ashy smudge on the forehead as a
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This 40-day journey of fasting and abstinence, penance and almsgiving starts with Ash Wednesday and continues into Holy Week, leading to Easter Sunday on April 17.