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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramAsh Wednesday ritual being performed at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Tallahassee.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
, M87- 27, Box 13
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Catholic churches--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Practices
Religious rites
Calendar rites
Religious holidays
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Sacred festivals, Christian
Religious rituals
Manners and customs
Ash Wednesday
Christians
Catholics
Religious leaders--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Clergy--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Lent
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Additional Creator
Physical Description
General Note
Accompanying note: "RECEIVING ASHES - Children of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church receive mark of the Cross in ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday service conducted by the Rev. Norman G. Balthazar, assistant pastor. The ashes are received as a symbol of penitence, prayer and fasting. Ash Wednesday was also beginning of the 40-day Lenten season."
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