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Gloria Barlik of Duryea kneels in her pew and prays during Mass at Nativity of Our Lord/Holy Rosary Church in Duryea on Ash Wednesday. Behind her is Ed Mlodzienski of Duryea. For Christians, Ash Wednesday marks the start of the penitential season of Lent, which leads up to Easter on April 24.

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