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Ash Wednesday 2021 observance adapts to COVID-19 pandemic for 1st time

CHICAGO (WLS) To celebrate Ash Wednesday 2021, churches got creative with cotton swabs, sprinkling and outdoor services to stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually ashes are applied by hand to the forehead, but this year at Holy Name Cathedral safety measures included hand sanitizer, face masks and no physical contact. Ashes today will not be imposed on the forehead as we usually do, said Bishop Robert Casey. Rather, they will be sprinkled upon the head of each person. Sprinkling ashes is one of the method approved by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Stations were set up both inside the church and out throughout the day where people could receive ashes.

No ashes? Ash Wednesday changes for some amid COVID-19 pandemic

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.

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