Casey Gomez, a South Central Kentucky Community and Technical College student, prays after receiving communion during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)
WKU students and Bowling Green residents gathered for Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Church in Bowling Green.
Ash Wednesday is a Catholic holiday celebrated annually to begin the Lenten season where Catholics commit themselves to prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The 40 days of observation symbolize Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the desert and conclude with Easter.
Rev. Ryan Harpole gives a homily during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)Junior Luke Evans prays after receiving communion during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)Mass attendees perform the sign of the cross at the end of Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)Fr. Ryan Harpoon bless the wine which Catholics believe literally transubstantiates to the blood of Christ during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)Veronica Kistler, 3, looks around during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)Mass attendees process down the aisle to receive ashes during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)A mass attendee walks back to his seat after receiving ashes during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)Rev. Ryan Harpole blesses the ashes put on attendees foreheads during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bowling Green on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Dom Di Palermo)
