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Echoes is the opinion section of TheBostonPilot.com. The Boston Pilot is a daily news Catholic newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts, covering news and opinion about the Catholic Church and Catholic life. We carry daily news from Boston, New England, US, the Vatican, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America. The Boston Pilot is part of the Pilot Media Group, America s oldest Catholic newspaper and the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Echoes is the opinion section of TheBostonPilot.com. The Boston Pilot is a daily news Catholic newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts, covering news and opinion about the Catholic Church and Catholic life. We carry daily news from Boston, New England, US, the Vatican, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America. The Boston Pilot is part of the Pilot Media Group, America s oldest Catholic newspaper and the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.
The staff of Lochel s Bakery in Hatboro worked around the clock over Valentine s Day weekend, but they weren t making chocolate treats.
Instead, they were preparing at least 15,000 fastnachts, or Fast Night doughnuts for customers to mark Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, the day that precedes the start of Lent.
For Christians, Lent is a time of reflection, fast and penitence before rejoicing in Christ s Resurrection at Easter. But before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Mardi Gras celebrations and the German tradition of eating fastnachts, takes place. And, as with all aspects of life during the pandemic, the purchasing of fastnachts and the distribution of ashes the next day will be different this year due to the need to social distance.