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Cardinal Tobin to Celebrate Two Ash Wednesday Masses at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral

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Cardinal Tobin sprinkles ashes onto a parishioner’s head during the Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark on February 17, 2021. (Photo by the Archdiocese of Newark)

Cardinal Tobin will celebrate two Ash Wednesday Masses at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark on Wednesday, March 2. The first Mass will be in English at 12 p.m., while the second Mass will be in Spanish at 7:30 p.m

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Newark NJ,  Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, will celebrate Ash Wednesday with two Masses — one in English and one in Spanish — on Wednesday, March 2, at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark.

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Ridgewood Church Offered Drive-thru Ashes for Ash Wednesday

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Ridgewood NJ, In you were in a rush yesterday for Ash Wednesday  Christ Church Ridgewood offered a drive-thru ashes for the busy New Jerseyans. In an era where you can get just about anything in a drive-thru, even drive-thru ashes are available on Ash Wednesday at Christ church in Ridgewood.

Father Tom Mathews of Christ Church Ridgewood  told CBS news that several hundred people took advantage of the drive thru service in a one hour and cars lined up in the parking lot to receive the ashes and then go on their way.