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Ash Wednesday at Notre Dame

Jacob Wiegand
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Students gathered for an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau. “It’s customary on Ash Wednesday for we, as Catholics, to receive ashes as you know kind of symbolic of our sinfulness and our need for repentance,” Sarah Strohmeyer, director of campus ministry at Notre Dame Regional High School, said. She said Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent period before Easter.

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    Notre Dame Regional High School sophomore Laura-Beth Karshner has ashes placed on her forehead by campus minister Paul Unterreiner as sophomores Delaney Langenstein and Anna Wade (first and second respectively behind Karshner) wait in line during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at the school in Cape Girardeau. "It's customary on Ash Wednesday for we, as Catholics, to receive ashes as you know kind of symbolic of our sinfulness and our need for repentance," Sarah Strohmeyer, director of campus ministry, said. She said Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent period before Easter. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Shelly Powderly receives ashes on her forehead from Paul Unterreiner, campus minister at Notre Dame Regional High School, during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at the school in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Rev. Michael Casteel, co-chaplain at Notre Dame Regional High School, speaks during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at the school in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Rev. John Harth, co-chaplain at Notre Dame Regional High School, speaks during an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at the school in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
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    Sarah Strohmeyer, director of campus ministry at Notre Dame Regional High School, places ashes on the forehead of campus minister Paul Unterreiner at the end of an Ash Wednesday service Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at the school in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)