Ash Wednesday services at St. Thomas Church accommodate busy weekday schedules

All are welcome to attend a service at a time most convenient for them to commemorate the beginning of Lent, the 40-day season of preparation for Easter.

The schedule of services is:

6:30 & 8:30 a.m. - Masses with distribution of ashes

12:00 p.m. - Prayer Service with distribution of ashes until 1:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m. - Prayer Service with distribution of ashes, led by participants in the Faith Formation Program

7:30 p.m. - Mass with distribution of ashes

Traditionally, the ashes used to make the Sign of the Cross on peoples' foreheads are the burned remains of palms used during the previous year's Palm Sunday services.

For more information about Ash Wednesday services at St. Thomas, contact Scott Knisley, director of liturgy and music ministries at St. Thomas the Apostle, at (630) 355-8980, ext. 112, or at sknisley@stapostle.org.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, St. Thomas the Apostle, a parish of the Diocese of Joliet, strives to bear the Good News of God's unconditional love to all generations through worship, faith formation, witness and service. Organized in 1984, the St. Thomas faith community numbers more than 3,700 households of more than 11,200 people. Complete news and information on parish events, guest speakers and special programs is available at www.stapostle.org. For general parish information please call (630) 355-8980.

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