Ash Wednesday Services at Wantagh-Seaford Churches

The season of Lent - the traditional period of penance and self reflection begins today - with Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday is celebrated with services in which the faithful are marked with an ash cross on the forehead.

The season of Lent ends with Good Friday and Easter.

Here are the local Ash Wednesday schedules:

St. Frances de Chantal

9 a.m. (mass), noon (mass), 4 p.m. (service), 5:45 p.m. (service), 7:30 p,m. (mass)  

Maria Regina

9 a.m. (mass), 10 a.m. (school service), noon (word service), 4 p.m. (word service), 7:30 p.m. (mass)

St. William the Abbot

9 a.m. (mass), noon (service), 4 p.m. (service), 5:30 p.m. (service), 7:30 p.m. (mass)

St. James

12:10 p.m. (mass), 3 p.m. (service), 5 p.m. (service), 7:30 p.m. (mass)