THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 13, 1997 TAG: 9702130330
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: FINAL
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VICKI CRONIS
The Virginian-Pilot
Jessie Castillo joins other first-graders at St. Gregory's Catholic
Church in Virginia Beach in saying the Lord's Prayer at the
conclusion of Ash Wednesday services on Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is
the beginning of Lent, a solemn period of 40 days leading up to
Easter. In many churches, ashes are placed on a person's forehead as
a reminder that Adam, the first man, was made of dust and that man's
body will return to dust or ashes when he dies.