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Maine churches making changes to Ash Wednesday due to pandemic Share Updated: 5:40 PM EST Feb 11, 2021 Share Updated: 5:40 PM EST Feb 11, 2021
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Show Transcript BUT STILL OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY. ASH WEDNESDAY MARKS THE START OF LENT FOR CHRISTIANS, WITH A MARK OF THE CROSS MADE IN ASHES ON SOMEONE S FOREHEAD. BUT THIS YEAR THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS PROMPTED GUIDANCE FROM THE VATICAN, SOMETHING BISHOP ROBERT DEELEY OF THE PORTLAND DIOCESE SAYS THEY WILL FOLLOW. 2:18 WE WILL SAY THE PRAYER AHEAD OF TIME FOR EVERYONE AT ONCE AND THEN SPRINKLE ASHES LIKE THEY DO IN EUROPE ON THE HEAD OF THE PERSON BISHOP DEELEY WILL BE CELEBRATING MASS AT 12:15 ON ASH WEDNESDAY THAT WILL ALSO BE STREAMED ONLINE. HE SHARES THAT PARISHES WILL ALSO HOST SHORTER SERVICES WITH THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE CAPPED TO 50. 4:12 IT S NICE THAT WE HAVE THESE CUSTOMS WHICH CHANGE AND VARY IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CHURCH ALLOWS US TO BE FLEXIBLE AT ST. LUKE S CATH