Kait Linton holds her daughter, Jovie, 7 months, after ashes were placed on their foreheads at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lancaster on Wednesday.
John Hollister holds his daughter, Morgan, 2, as Lisa Dusablon, Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, places ashes on Morgan's forehead at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lancaster on Wednesday.
Ashes were placed on the foreheads of the faithful at many christian churches in Lancaster County on Wednesday.
The faithful are called upon to receive the mark of the cross on the first day of the 40-day Lenten season as a symbol of repentance and contrition in the days leading to Easter.
The Ash Wednesday ashes are a symbol of penance.
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