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Lent Begins

Jenny Lancour | Daily Press

Father Francis DeGroot marks the sign of the cross with ashes on the forehead of Tom Blahnik of Escanaba during the early morning Ash Wednesday service at St. Anne Catholic Church in Escanaba. Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, is celebrated six weeks before Easter with the ashes representing the need to repent for one’s sins.

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