Ash Wednesday marks an important turning point in the Christian year; beyond the Christmas season (which doesn’t officially finish until 2nd February) and on towards Holy Week and Easter. On Ash Wednesday there are two services which mark this transition. The service of ‘Ashing’ is an ancient custom where the ashes made from last year’s…
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Ashing Service Tonight
Huddersfield Parish Church at 7.30pm this evening, a service in preparation for Lent.
Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday there are two services which mark this transition. The service of ‘Ashing’ is an ancient custom where the ashes made from last year’s palm crosses of Palm Sunday are used to mark on the worshiper forehead a smudged cross as a sign and symbol of the penitential season that is beginning. There…
Ash Wednesday Observance
Ash Wednesday marks an important turning point in the Christian year; beyond the Christmas season (which doesn’t officially finish until 2nd February) and on towards Holy Week and Easter. On Ash Wednesday there are two services which mark this transition. The service of ‘Ashing’ is an ancient custom where the ashes made from last year’s…
Lent 2014 – The Lenten Call
From the Introduction to the Ash Wednesday Liturgy. Brothers and sisters in Christ, since early days Christians have observed with great devotion the time of our Lord’s passion and resurrection and prepared for this by a season of penitence and fasting. By carefully keeping these days, Christians take to heart the call to repentance and…
Lent 2014 – What’s On Offer.
As a community of Christians how does Lent mark us out as God’s faithful? Observance of a Holy Lent is seen as taking on a task by which we may learn a little, question ourselves, pray some and prepare for Holy Week and Easter. What is it that we do differently in the season of…
Say One For Me, Vicar: Covered in the @yorkshirepost
Wakefield diocese ‘Say one for me, Vicar’ Ash Wednesday campaign receives coverage in the Yorkshire Post…. Click here to view the video and read the report!
A Day of Preparation
After cooking up some ashes at the beginning of the day (See Impressions from St. Petes) a long day ensued. ‘Say One for Me, Vicar’ had a reasonable response but was not as successful as envisioned. We received 50 or so prayers and the Huddersfield Examiner recorded the event. The weather cut down on foot…
Say One For Me, Vicar…!
Huddersfield Parish Church takes their lead from the Bishop of Wakefield in the call to ‘Say one for me Vicar..!’ Rev’d Canon Simon Moor would tell you : “You’d be surprised how many times a week someone stops a parish priest in the street or calls to them: “Say one for me…! ”. Well the…
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