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Marking the start of Lent

March 05, 2014 9:00 am • Last Updated: March 05, 2014 11:16 pm

Jane Morosky, right, performs the imposition of the ashes for students from St. Patrick Cathedral School Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for Catholics worldwide.

Jane Morosky, right, performs the imposition of the ashes for students from St. Patrick Cathedral School Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for Catholics worldwide.

Monsignor Anthony Rosaforte, Rector of the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich, and Catherine Reed, Principal at St. Patrick Cathedral School, perform the imposition of ashes Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for Catholics worldwide.

Anthony Dinoto, right, Rev. Jean Phelps, center, and minister of communion Sandra Bullock, left, of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Niantic give blessings and "ashes to go" for Ash Wednesday at the East Lyme Town Green March 5, 2014.

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