Ash Wednesday Mass
Wed 18 Feb
|St Paul's Church
An Ash Wednesday service marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season, focusing on repentance, mortality, and preparation for Easter. It features the "imposition of ashes"—a cross marked on the forehead with ash—accompanied by the phrase "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return".
Time & Location
18 Feb 2026, 19:00 – 20:00
St Paul's Church, Burton Rd, Barnsley S71 2HQ, UK
About the event
An Ash Wednesday service marks the start of the 40-day Lenten season, focusing on repentance, mortality, and preparation for Easter. It features the "imposition of ashes"—a cross marked on the forehead with ash—accompanied by the phrase "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return".
Key Elements of the Service:
Sign of Ashes: Ashes, often made from burnt palm branches from the previous year's Palm Sunday, symbolize humility and penitence.
Service Structure: Usually includes Scripture readings, a sermon, prayers, and sometimes Holy Communion.
Themes: Solemnity, repentance, confession of sin, and reflection on human mortality.
The service is a call to begin the journey of Lent through fasting, prayer, and acts of service.
