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Each year on Ash Wednesday, thousands of Catholics throughout the Diocese of Rochester head to church to...
Bob Westfall kneels in prayer after receiving ashes during an Ash Wednesday liturgy at St. Agnes Church in Avon Feb. 26. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)
Catholics throughout the Diocese of Rochester are encouraged to experience God’s love and mercy by taking advantage of a special opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation...
Catholics of the Diocese of Rochester are encouraged to receive the sacrament of reconciliation during the eighth-annual Day of Penance and Mercy April 1. (File photo)
Are you seeking a Lenten activity that blends the season’s three spiritual pillars of prayer, fasting and almsgiving?
CRS Rice Bowl boxes are ready to be picked up by parishioners of St. Agnes Church in Avon. Funds raised through the Lenten initiative are used to alleviate hunger locally and around the world. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)
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Worshippers wearing protective masks receive ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 26, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has issued a note on how priests can distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday while taking precautions to avoid spreading COVID-19. (CNS photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)
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Bishop Salvatore R. Matano pours balsam into oil for the Sacred Chrism. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)
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A person prepares to receive the sacrament of reconciliation at Sacred Heart Cathedral during the Day of Penance and Mercy March 14, 2018. (Courier Photo by John Haeger)
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Bishop Salvatore R. Matano blesses 9-month-old Marybelle Carson after greeting Marybelle's mom, Danielle Carson (left), who was presented as a candidate during a 2015 Rite of Election and Call to Conversion service. (Courier file photo)
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