Father Justin Baker, of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, leads the Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Roughly 40 people gather at the St. Michael’s Catholic Church, in Brattleboro, as they mark the beginning of the Lent season with Ash Wednesday.
Roughly 40 people gather at the St. Michael’s Catholic Church, in Brattleboro, to mark the beginning of the Lent season on Ash Wednesday.
Father Justin Baker, of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, Vt., leads the Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Father Justin Baker, of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, leads the Ash Wednesday service on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season, and because of the COVID-19 pandemic local churches have come up with different ways to mark the start and give out ashes on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season, and because of the COVID-19 pandemic local churches have come up with different ways to mark the start and give out ashes on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season, and because of the COVID-19 pandemic local churches have come up with different ways to mark the start and give out ashes on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Father Justin Baker, of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, puts ashes onto people’s foreheads as a small group gathered for a morning Ash Wednesday service.
Father Justin Baker, of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, puts ashes onto people’s foreheads as a small group gathered for a morning Ash Wednesday service.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season, and because of the COVID-19 pandemic local churches have come up with different ways to mark the start and give out ashes on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic local churches have come up with different ways to mark the start and give out ashes on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Father Justin Baker, of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, puts ashes onto Sophie Paluch, 9, during the Ash Wednesday service.
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, local churches have come up with different ways to mark the start and give out ashes on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
Father Justin Baker, of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, puts ashes onto people’s foreheads as a small group gathered for a morning Ash Wednesday service.
Joan Pouliot, of Brattleboro, picks up a container of ashes from Trinity Lutheran Church, in Brattleboro, on Ash Wednesday.
Dr. Rev. Randall Wilburn, of Trinity Lutheran Church in Brattleboro, holds a plate with ashes that people can pick up on Ash Wednesday.
Rector Mary Lindquist, of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Brattleboro, holds Ash Wednesday service over Zoom.
Rector Mary Lindquist, of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Brattleboro, Vt., holds Ash Wednesday service over Zoom.
Rector Mary Lindquist, of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Brattleboro, holds Ash Wednesday service over Zoom.
Kristopher Radder
Photographer / Multimedia Editor