St. Francis will have its annual Ash Wednesday Services. The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday.

On this day, Christians gather to begin the journey towards the Cross and the Resurrection with an Ash Wednesday service. It offers us an opportunity to stop, reflect on who we are and whose we are, adopt an attitude of humility, hit the reset button, and begin again. You are invited to stop the whirlwind of life and activities that surround you on all sides and remember: God hates nothing God has made; God forgives the sins of all who are penitent; our God is the “God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness.” Although we are to remember that we are dust, and to dust we shall return, we ought never to forget that we are Holy Dust, created and inspired by the very breath and Spirit of God, as described in Genesis chapter 2: “The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”

Imposition of ashes will be offered during an in-person service and streamed online: 6:00 pm: Traditional Rite II Mass with instrumental music