A congregant receives ashes at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
A congregant receives ashes at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Congregants stand as the mass procession marks the start of an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (photos by Parker Seibold, The Gazette)Parker Seibold, the gazette The Rev. Dan Ayers, a priest with the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs, makes the sign of the cross with ashes on a congregant’s forehead at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church onMarch 5. (Parker Seibold, the gazette)Ciria Schulz holds her 3-year-old daughter, Lelani, as she receives ashes at an Ash Wednesday service. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold, the gazette)Congregants pray together at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Members of the choir sing at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)The Rev. Dan Ayers, a priest with the Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs, dips his thumb in ashes before applying them to a congregant’s forehead at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A congregant receives ashes at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Members of the choir sing at an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A congregant holds a rosary as they pray during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A congregant prays during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Rev. Sijo George leads an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Ciria Schulz, back right, and her husband David, back left, hold their children Lelani and Aspen in the pews during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A congregant reads from a hymn book during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)A congregant prays during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)Rev. Sijo George elevates the Eucharist during an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul Catholic Church on March 5, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Parker Seibold, The Gazette) (Parker Seibold)
