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Ash Wednesday: Lenten Season Is Upon Us

Posted by DFO

Feb. 21, 2007 9:35 a.m. • 0 comments

A woman receives the distribution of ashes during Ash Wednesday mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, earlier today. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent when many observant Catholics fast in preparation for the upcoming Easter festival/AP Photo.

Question: What are you giving up for Lent?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.