Ash Wednesday is February 22. Imposition of Ashes will be at 12 Noon and 7:30pm. Ash Wednesday In the Western Church, the first day of Lent, being the seventh Wednesday before Easter.
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Ash Wednesday Services February 22
January 29th, 2012 
John Strobl 
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Lent, Feb 22- April 7
January 29th, 2012 John Strobl Early Christians observed “a season of penitence and fasting” in preparation for the Paschal feast, or Pascha (BCP, pp. 264-265). The season now known as Lent (from an Old English word meaning “spring,” the time of lengthening days) has a long history. Originally, in places where Pascha was celebrated on a Sunday, the Paschal feast [...]
