On Ash Wednesday, clergy and congregants throughout the Episcopal diocese went out to the people to administer ashes at train stations, coffee shops, shopping malls, hospitals, and street corners,
The two were in place inside the terminal for the 5:40 a.m. departure to Jersey City and NYC.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - Cheryl Stanley, center, a parishoner at All Saints' Memorial Church in Navesink, distributes ashes on the forehead of an early morning commuter in the Seastreak Ferry Terminal in Atlantic Highlands. Rev. Debbie Cook, of All Saints' Memorial Church in Navesink, is at right. The Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey offers "Ashes To Go" in close to 30 locations in NJ.
“We were just dropping off my wife for the boat,” Thomas Seier said. “It just made sense to have our ashes here.”, and is the second oldest diocese in the Episcopal Church, after the Diocese of Connecticut.Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - An early morning commuter takes a postcard after receiving ashes on her forehead at the Seastreak Ferry Atlantic Highlands Terminal. Parishoners of All Saints' Memorial Church in Navesink are Valerie Barradale, right and Mary-Elise Haug.
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