
No That's Not Dirt on my Forehead
Just like millions of other Catholics on Ash Wednesday I'll be heading to mass to get my ashes. Ash Wednesday serves as a call to mass for the blessing and imposition of ashes. It's a gateway from the old to the new, party season of Mardi Gras to the prayer season of Lent and the imposition of ashes serve to all who see them, that we are Catholics who for 40 days will "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel". The Church has been doing this practice for over two-thou

Your Church Social Media Plan for Lent!
We are two weeks away from Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lenten Season 2017. Do you have a plan for what you will share on your parish social media pages? That's what this blog is all about and you have enough time to create and plan content to start off with a bang. It all begins with Ash Wednesday and drawing members to mass on this holy day. So create a cover photo that exhibits imagery of your pastor or priest placing ashes on the foreheads of parishioners or other s