Ash Wednesday, which fell this year on Feb. 17, marks the start of Lent, the season before Easter when Christians are called to prayer, fasting, repentance and almsgiving. These photos are of an Ash Wednesday Mass at Rochester's St. Boniface Church.
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Apr 14, 2020 -
Jesus is condemned to death at the first station.
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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.
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Jan 31, 2020
