Anonymous wrote:This is so dependent on your personal faith. Have issues denying God in public? Wear them? Like to force your faith on other people? Wipe them off.

Anonymous wrote:If you want to wear them off and think that they are too showy, then you have completely missed the point and you shouldn’t even bother getting them.

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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.

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

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.)

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.

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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.

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

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.)

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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.

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

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Anonymous wrote:I thought you weren’t supposed to wipe them off.

From Catholic.org-

It is not required that a person wear the ashes for the rest of the day, and they may be washed off after Mass.

Anonymous wrote:I thought you weren’t supposed to wipe them off.

Anonymous wrote:I am a cradle Catholic, Catholic school alum, etc and I was always taught it was sinful and denying God to wash it off. Like denying that you were a Catholic. You should just let it wear ear off gradually and, if this still there at the end of the day, then wash it off.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:DP and I’m the poster who years ago got blisteringly reamed out for wearing ashes to a job interview. FWIW

Ha! I remember that thread. I wasn’t one of the reamers, I promise . Did you get the job? Also, I clearly spend too much time on here.

I wouldn’t have yelled at you but it does strike me as odd. For example, why couldn’t you get the ashes AFTER the job interview?

I'm not the PP, but it's not like ashes are something you just go in and get. There needs to be a church service, and most churches have a couple to choose between, or maybe 3. So, if the only time that works for you is before some event, you go before the event.

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).

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Anonymous wrote:DP and I’m the poster who years ago got blisteringly reamed out for wearing ashes to a job interview. FWIW

Ha! I remember that thread. I wasn’t one of the reamers, I promise . Did you get the job? Also, I clearly spend too much time on here.

I wouldn’t have yelled at you but it does strike me as odd. For example, why couldn’t you get the ashes AFTER the job interview?

I'm not the PP, but it's not like ashes are something you just go in and get. There needs to be a church service, and most churches have a couple to choose between, or maybe 3. So, if the only time that works for you is before some event, you go before the event.