{"id":8530,"date":"2025-03-05T09:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T09:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T09:01:57","slug":"ash-wednesday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/ash-wednesday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wednesday 5th March is Ash Wednesday and signals the beginning of the season of Lent for Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first of three Ash Wednesday services took place at 8.25am, when students and staff took time for silent reflection, collective prayer and the distribution of ashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Chaplaincy Prefects were wonderful in leading us through our service, with one even distributing ashes to our Chaplain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8058-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8535\" style=\"width:644px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8058-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8058-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8058-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8058.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8050-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8532\" style=\"width:651px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8050-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8050-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8050-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8050.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8060-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8536\" style=\"width:650px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8060-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8060-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8060-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8060.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8057-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8534\" style=\"width:647px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8057-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8057-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8057-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chaplaincy.stjulies.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8057.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday 5th March is Ash Wednesday and signals the beginning of the season of Lent for Christians. 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