Deacon Jack Rounds, left, and the Rev. Terrence Morgan distribute blessed ashes in 2014 at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine on Ash Wednesday. Due to COVID-19, ashes will be silently sprinkled on the heads of the faithful this year, with no touching of foreheads.
Deacon Jack Rounds, left, and the Rev. Terrence Morgan distribute blessed ashes in 2014 at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine on Ash Wednesday. Due to COVID-19, ashes will be silently sprinkled on the heads of the faithful this year, with no touching of foreheads.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way Catholics usher in the Lenten and Easter seasons. Instead of having ashes daubed in the sign of the cross on foreheads, Catholic faithful who receive them at Ash Wednesday services will have them sprinkled on their heads, according to a Vatican news release. "Sprinkling ashes on the top of people's heads, rather than marking foreheads with ashes, is ...
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