FROM: Kate Cuddy (630) 355-8980, ext. 112 or Cheryl J. Marshall (630) 851-8781
TOPIC: Ash Wednesday services at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Naperville
DATE: Feb. 5, 2009
An opportunity for seasonal photos is coming up with the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25. Photographers will be welcome to take pictures at any of the services held throughout that day at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville.
The schedule of services during which ashes will be distributed is: • 6:30 and 8:30 a.m., Mass • Noon, a brief prayer service – ashes will be distributed until 1 p.m. • 4:30 p.m., a family prayer service • 7:30 p.m., Mass.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period preceding Easter during which Christians around the world prepare for the joyous celebration of Christ’s resurrection. Palms from last year’s Palm Sunday are burned to yield the ashes that are blessed and applied to the foreheads of recipients in the form of a cross on Ash Wednesday. This year, Easter Sunday will be celebrated April 12.
For information about Ash Wednesday services at St. Thomas, contact Kate Cuddy, director of liturgy and music, at (630) 355-8980, ext. 112.
Organized in 1984, St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church numbers more than 3,300 households of more than 11,000 people.
WHAT: Ash Wednesday, distribution of ashes
WHO: For people wishing to receive ashes
WHEN: Ash Wednesday, Feb. 25, following: 6:30 and 8:30 a.m., Mass Noon, a brief prayer service – ashes will be distributed until 1 p.m. 4:30 p.m., a family prayer service 7:30 p.m., Mass.
WHERE: St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville (North of Ogden Ave. [Rte. 34], west of Raymond Road)
WHY: To commemorate the beginning of Lent
FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kate Cuddy, director of liturgy and music, at (630) 355-8980, ext. 112.
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