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Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Father Michael Sikon, parish priest for the past six years, burns palm branches from Palm Sunday 2019, in preparation of Ash Wednesday, at Saint Barbara Parish in Penn Township, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
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Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Father Michael Sikon, parish priest for the past six years, burns palm branches from Palm Sunday 2019, in preparation of Ash Wednesday, at Saint Barbara Parish in Penn Township, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
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Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Deacon Harry Clyde places ashes on the foreheads of parishioners, during Ash Wednesday service at Saint Barbara Parish in Penn Township, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
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Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Ashley Weishaar, of Penn Township, receives ashes on her forehead during Ash Wednesday service at Saint Barbara Parish in Penn Township, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
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Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
John. Ament, 2, and grandmother Kathy Casale, of Penn Township, receives ashes on their foreheads during Ash Wednesday service at Saint Barbara Parish in Penn Township, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
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Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
Ryan Weishaar, 5, of Penn Township, receives ashes on his forehead during Ash Wednesday service at Saint Barbara Parish in Penn Township, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.
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Renatta Signorini | Tribune-Review
The Rev. Randy Landman, pastor of Herminie United Methodist Church, places ashes on Nanette Kuttler of Herminie while her daughter Mya watches during an outdoor blessing on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020.
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Renatta Signorini | Tribune-Review
Sharon Johns of Herminie receives ashes in an outdoor blessing from the Rev. Randy Landman, pastor of Herminie United Methodist Church, on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020.
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Lenten meal, including fried fish sandwich and fries.

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