Bishop and congregations to bring "Ashes to Go" to over 20 New Jersey towns
![The Rev. Sandye Wilson distributes ashes at the South Orange Train Station on Ash Wednesday, 2011. MARILYN LEHREN PHOTO The Rev. Sandye Wilson distributes ashes at South Orange Train Station in 2011](https://dioceseofnewark.org/sites/default/files/images/AshestoGo_1.jpg)
Episcopal congregations in at least 20 towns in northern New Jersey will take to the streets on Ash Wednesday, February 22, marking the beginning of the holy season of Lent by giving “Ashes to Go.”
Ash Wednesday initiates the Lenten season of reflection and penitence which precedes Easter. In the Episcopal tradition, clergy use ashes to mark the foreheads of the faithful with the sign of the cross, saying “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”