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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]On Ash Wednesday this year, I was driving south on Wisconsin Avenue and noticed two priests on the corner of Tenleytown (by the metro) doing "Ashes to Go". Never seen that before (cradle Catholic).

I have, a few years ago, here in DC. I think it's something they hadn't thought of before, but receiving ashes needn't be part of a mass, so there's no restriction as to where they can be distributed. I guess you don't have to be catholic, or in a state of grace either.[/quote]

My Episcopal church in Potomac does ashes to go.  It's not just a catholic thing.  [/quote]

I think ashes to go is generally a Protestant “thing.” The Catholic Church frowns on the practice, and prefers that ashes be given as a part of mass except in special cases (home bound, etc.)[/quote]

I always thought ashes were a Catholic thing. I’ve been Episcopal all my life and ashes are new to me and not in every church. [/quote]

Ashes on Ash Wednesday, usually given during a mass, is a strongly Catholic tradition. “Ashes to go” is largely Protestant.[/quote]

But definitely not most Protestants, just a minority.[/quote]

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