Parishioners of Our Lady of Peace in Geneva, St. Benedict in Canandaigua, Our Mother of Sorrows in Greece, St. Agnes in Avon and Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester, as well as students from Geneva’s St. Francis-St. Stephen School, Canandaigua’s St. Mary School and Avon’s St. Agnes School, took part in Ash Wednesday prayer services and liturgies the morning of Feb. 26.
Father Clifford Dorkenoo imposes ashes on the forehead of Leiliah Garrett, a fifth-grader at St. Mary School in Canandaigua, during an Ash Wednesday liturgy at St. Mary Church Feb. 26.
Father Dorkenoo gives the homily during an Ash Wednesday liturgy at St. Mary Church Feb. 26.
St. Mary School students pray during the liturgy.
Father Dorkenoo blesses the ashes.
Olivia Molina, a student at St. Francis-St. Stephen School, proclaims the second reading during an Ash Wednesday liturgy at St. Stephen Church Feb. 26.
Father Carlos Sanchez gives the homily during Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Stephen church Feb. 26.
Father Sanchez blesses the ashes as Father Thomas Mull looks on.
Max Delgado, a student at St. Francis-St. Stephen School, receives ashes from Father Sanchez.
Our Mother of Sorrows parishioners kneel after receiving ash.
A parishioner of Greece’s Our Mother of Sorrows Church receives ash.
Congregants at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester kneel after receiving ashes on Feb. 26.
Ashes used during the Ash Wednesday Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Father Robert Kennedy imposes ash on a congregant.
Carol Cuomo receives ash from Father Robert Kennedy.
