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Q-Tips will play a role in this year s Ash Wednesday which is observed today.
During this last weekend s worship services, Ripon s St. Patrick s Church pastor Father Raju Gudimalla announced that as part of the Covid-19 prevention, Q-Tips will be used to apply the sign of the cross in ashes on the faithful s foreheads instead of the clergy and church volunteers doing it in the traditional way of using their fingers.
Below is the official explanation given by the Stockton Diocese on how the ashes are distributed this year that might look a bit different.
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