Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season for millions of Christians around the world and a day when many people attend church services. It's a day when Christians get ashes on their forehead as a sign of mourning and repentance.
Father Bill Rose of Christ the King Church in Toledo says, "We come here today because each of us belongs to God and we each know at times we are sinners."
He adds that Ash Wednesday is the start of a time of reflection and repentance for sins. "Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the 40 days of Lent," he says. "And it's the process of spiritual journey of going through giving prayer, alms and fasting."
Wearing the sign of the cross made with ashes on your forehead shows you are a Christian-- something even the youngest parishioners know when their friends ask them.
Fourth grader Vinny Boraggina says, "I tell them it's a sign of Christ."
And even though Ash Wednesday falls on a work day in the middle of busy, daily schedules-- Father Rose says parishioners of all ages make time for the yearly service.
Father Rose says, "People do come back for Ash Wednesday. There's something significant about remembering that we are all sinners and that we belong to God."
Ash Wednesday falls on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4th or as late as March 10th.
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Federal, state and local law enforcement officials are coming together this afternoon to announce an indictment related to the searches last year to several IHOP restaurants in Northwest Ohio and Indiana.
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According to the Toledo Police information line Toledo Police have blocked off the intersection of Manhattan Blvd. and Doyle Street as they respond to a possible hostage situation man in the 1000 Block
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It's official. Teachers in the Springfield Local school district have a new contract. The board voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve the deal, one day after teachers signed off on it. We're
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They served our nation -- both at home and abroad. And today, our area is giving a big "thank you. to our local veterans" 80 veterans boarded a plane this morning bound for Washington D.C. " I'm very
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Toledo police and the FBI are looking for a suspect in a bank robbery. According to police, an armed man robbed the Huntington Bank on Monroe Street around 3:00 Wednesday afternoon.
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It's been three years since an Ottawa Hills police officer shot and paralyzed a motorcyclist. It's a day Michael McCloskey says he'll never forget. "It was a routine traffic stop where I was shot in
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Nearly three years ago, 5-year-old Neveah Buchanan disappeared from her Monroe, Michigan apartment complex parking lot. Eleven days later, her body was found buried on the banks of the River Raisin. There
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A 9-year-old Fremont boy can share some great stories with his friends about what he did for spring break this year. Camden Arriaga and his family hit the road for a big adventure at Walt Disney World.
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