Ash Wednesday will be observed in all churches on February 18. It marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a time for prayer, penance, repentance and works of charity.
All the Catholic and CSI churches will have Masses on that day.
During the Mass, the priest will smear ash on the foreheads of people to signify that ‘man is dust and to dust he shall return’.
During the 40 day period of Lent, services like the ‘Stations of the Cross’ will be held in Catholic churches every week for people to reflect on the trials of Jesus Christ and on their own shortcomings.
– By Juliana Sridhar
