Clockwise from far left: Students at Sacred Hearts School in Lahaina, Maui, receive ashes sprinkled on their heads during Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 17. Distributing the ashes were Missionaries of Faith Father Robert Ni Ni and Deacon Randy Kokke, a visiting deacon from California.
Students receive ashes with a Q-tip at the Newman Center/Holy Spirit Parish at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s evening Ash Wednesday Mass.
At the 8 a.m. Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Stephen Parish, Nuuanu, Father Mario Raquepo marks Sue Kobe’s forehead with ashes using a Q-tip.
Newman Center pastor Father Alfred Omar Guerrero blesses the ashes before distribution.