Parishes are gearing up for Ash Wednesday and Lent 2023. During Lent, practicing Catholics and those who have “grown up” Catholic, but discontinued regular practice, often pay more attention and are open, even if just slightly, to growing in their spiritual lives from wherever they are at this point in their lives.
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Prepare Your 2017 Ash Wednesday Outreach
Six weeks from tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. Planning for Lent, Holy Week and Easter are well underway in most parishes.
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Using Video to Extend Invitations to Ash Wednesday Services
Soon we will be accepting ashes on our foreheads and entering into the season of Lent, a time of repentance and renewal. Ash Wednesday has a special pull on the hearts of Catholics, active and inactive. It is a day when all of us become pilgrims on the way to Good Friday and Easter Sunday. It is an occasion when invitations by the Catholic community to “Join Us” have a…
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Using Facebook to Encourage Ash Wednesday Attendance
Recently Facebook changed the rules regarding what can be on the Cover Photo of Pages. Previously, Facebook Cover Photos could not include text promotions or calls to action. Now we can include them as long as the text is not more than 20% of the Cover. This gives us the opportunity to use the Cover Photo for outreach and other ministry messages. Ash Wednesday is one of those days when…