Where to get ashes

Conrad Williams Jr. Long Islanders expecting an ashen smudge — either for their forehead or the brows of family and friends — might be disappointed this Ash Wednesday.

Across Long Island, Catholic churches are pledging to follow Vatican guidance, which advises the distribution of ashes Wednesday by sprinkling them atop the head, or crown, while observing pandemic protocols, such as the wearing of face masks, hand sanitizing and strict social distancing.

Sean Dolan, a spokesman with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, said Bishop John Barres has given "dispensation" to all Catholics at Nassau and Suffolk's parishes within the diocese, exempting them from receiving ashes. Dolan, added, however, anyone who wants ashes, can get them "at various masses and services throughout the day. The ashes will not be put on one's forehead.

They will be sprinkled on top of the head. He added: "This is a very personal religious ritual that is difficult to do virtually. For Christians, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a six-week period of reflection and repentance before the resurrection of Jesus is celebrated on Easter. The tradition of dispensing ashes, a symbol of mortality, is typically observed by Catholics, Lutherans and several other mainline Protestants. But how to get ashes on foreheads without touching people or violating social-distancing rules, at the risk of spreading COVID, has been this year's challenge.

The Vatican issued guidelines for Catholics, urging that ashes be sprinkled on the tops of people's heads and that a communal blessing replace individual blessings. Mindful of the health risks, many Catholic churches have arranged for virtual worship services and efficient, in-person ashes. Thomas the Apostle in Minneapolis, for example, is offering three time slots during the day when parishioners may walk or drive to a door and receive the ashes on their heads. They can also view online worship anytime throughout the day.

The Basilica will offer two options: People may attend a service in the church, masked and socially distant, and receive the ashes or they can drive over after the service to get ashes from their cars. Most mainline Protestant churches have remained closed since the pandemic exploded last spring. But intrepid congregants may choose to brave this week's arctic blast to participate in a ritual that many find deeply meaningful.

Gustavus Adolphus in St. Paul is hosting a drive-in worship service Wednesday evening in its parking lot, where masked pastors will walk from car to car administering ashes. They'll use a long cotton swab, to be thrown away after each use, to apply ashes on foreheads or the tops of hands depending on the recipient's preference, said the Rev. John Hierlinger. Many if not most churches are offering online services.

In many cases, members will simply administer the ashes themselves — or ash substitutes. Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley decided to offer ashes to go and Lent kits to go to help congregants mark the holy day and season.

Staffers bought tiny containers with purple lids — the symbolic color of the Lenten season — and filled them with ashes, then put them inside plastic baggies with a warning: "Ashes can be very messy. On a frigid morning Sunday, staffers and volunteers stood outside the church doors, near a fire pit, and handed out the bags to a steady stream of hearty visitors who drove up.

Dawnette and Mark Oliver arrived with their dog Joey and a distinct plan for how they'll celebrate this unusual Ash Wednesday. Before dinner, the family will say the prayers and Bible verse suggested in the kit. They'll then make a sign of the cross with the ashes on each other's foreheads, followed by the solemn traditional words: "Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

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