Archbishop Vigneron imposes ashes on
a woman's forehead during Ash
Wednesday Mass in 2017 at St.
Aloysius, Detroit. This year's ash
distribution celebration will be
held again at St. Aloysius
Catholic Church, 1234 Washington
Blvd. in Detroit, February 14, 12:15
p.m. (Photo by HB Meeks/Tell Us
Detroit)
Archbishop
Allen H.
Vigneron
to lead
way with
All
Saints
soup
kitchen
visit
February
13,
11:00
a.m.-12:30
p.m. and
will
celebrate
Ash
Wednesday
Mass
(ash
distribution)
February
14,
12:15
p.m. at
St.
Aloysius,
Detroit.
(Photo
from
Google
Maps)
#LiveYourBestLent
events
mark Ash
Wednesday,
the
first
day of
Lent,
falling
on St.
Valentine’s
Day
Lent and
Love
Collide
for the
first
time
since
1945
By
Wendell
Bryant/Tell
Us
Detroit
DETROIT
- The
Michigan
Catholic,
official
newspaper
of the
Archdiocese
of
Detroit
is
launching
its
second
annual
#LiveYourBestLent
campaign,
calling
on Metro
Detroiters
to share
their
plans to
make
this
year’s
Lent
their
best
yet.
Post
your
stories,
photos,
videos
and
inspiration
to
Facebook,
Twitter
and
Instagram
using
#LiveYourBestLent;
and join
the
conversation
at
themichigancatholic.org
New
to the
popular
online
Lenten
campaign:
The
Michigan
Catholic
is
asking
folks to
live
their
best
Lent
with
LOVE. In
a rare
quirk of
the
calendar,
Lent and
love
collide
this
year
when the
holy
season
begins
on Ash
Wednesday,
February
14 –
also
known as
St.
Valentine’s
Day.
On
Tuesday,
February
13,
11:00
a.m.-12:30
p.m. –
Detroit
Archbishop
Allen H.
Vigneron
will
visit
the All
Saints
soup
kitchen
to pass
out food
baskets
and
provide
Lenten
inspiration.
The soup
kitchen
is
located
at 7824
W. Fort
Street
in
Detroit.
Then
on
Wednesday,
February
14,
12:15
p.m. –
Archbishop
Vigneron
celebrates
Ash
Wednesday
Mass at
St.
Aloysius
Catholic
Church,
1234
Washington
Blvd. in
Detroit.
The
Church
welcomes
the
entire
community
for the
distribution
of ashes
which
marks
the
beginning
of Lent.