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Lent begins!

Check out these photos by Karen Callaway from the first days of the Lenten season.

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Father Ken Simpson, pastor, places dried palms into a fire as students from St. Clement School look on Feb. 17. The ashes from the palm would be distributed on Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of Lent in the Latin-rite Catholic Church.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World