Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and has a  tradition of penance and fasting.

Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Lenten fast and is the day after Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day.

St Mary's will have an Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday 6th March at 12:00pm.