Catholic New World: Newspaper for the Archdiocese of Chicago

Beginning of Lent 2016

Photos from around the archdiocese at the beginning of Lent 2016.

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Roger Gonzalez (front) Monce Vasquez (back), students at Our Lady of Guadalupe School, 9050 S. Burley Ave., receive ashes during Mass on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10. Ash Wednesday marked the start of the penitential season of Lent -- a time of reflection, prayer, fasting and charity before the Easter feast.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World