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Ash Wednesday
Communion Service for Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 · 7:15 - 8 PM
Join the Catholic Retrievers for Ash Wednesday! OLV's Deacon Dan Michaud will be presiding over this Communion service, where we will welcome in the penitential season of Lent by hearing the Word of God, receiving ashes, and receiving Holy Communion, if we are so disposed.
Please note: Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation, so Catholics are not required to attend Mass on this day. Our chaplain, Fr. Bill, is celebrating Mass at OLV at the same time as our on-campus service, so he is not able to provide Mass for us. Deacons are ordinary ministers of Holy Communion, so they are able to preside over a Communion service in the absence of a priest. Deacon Dan will bring Hosts which already have been consecrated, so we will still have the opportunity to receive the Eucharist at this service.