Those who work with liturgy in parishes know that some of the largest crowds in the year will show up to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday. Though this is not a holy day of obligation in our tradition, many people would not think of letting Ash Wednesday go by without a trip to church to be marked with an ashen cross on their foreheads. Even people who seldom come to Church for the rest of the year may make a concerted effort to come for ashes.
How did this practice become such an important part of the lives of so many believers? Click the picture below to find out more!
The Forming of the NAACP
Monday, 13 February 2012 10:43
The birth of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People evolved from the Niagara Movement, which gathered under the auspices of W.E.B. Du Bois, civil rights activist and Harvard scholar. But it was against the background of the Springfield Riots that northern white liberals met with African-American activists, signing the founding document of the NAACP.
The birth of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People evolved from the Niagara Movement, which gathered under the auspices of W.E.B. Du Bois, civil rights activist and Harvard scholar. But it was against the background of the Springfield Riots that northern white liberals met with African-American activists, signing the founding document of the NAACP.