Cold Weather and Ash Wednesday

With the temperature dropping, many churches in the area are closed, leaving parishioners without a place to worship on Ash Wednesday. That's where Project Canterbury comes in, offering an Ashes to Go service for people who wanted it. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and gets its name from the cross of ashes marked on the foreheads of Christians. Members of Project Canterbury say the Ashes to Go service is a chance for the church to get outside the walls, and meet people where they are.. Abigail Buckley of Project Canterbury said "Sometimes people are really busy and can't make can take God with them as they have the ashes on their head." Several Catholic churches in the area are still offering Ash Wednesday evening masses, including St. Stephens, O.L.P.H. and St. Jude.