From New Jersey-
About 20 Episcopal priests fanned out throughout North Jersey and stationed themselves at commuter train stations, bus stops and coffee shops as part of Ash Wednesday services.
The movement — called Ashes to Go — started with Episcopal parishes in St. Louis, Mo., and spread to Chicago suburbs before becoming a nationwide event. This is the first year that priests from the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, which includes parishes in Bergen and Passaic counties, participated.
"We wanted to go to the people rather than have the people go to church," said the Rev. Peter DeFranco, the rector at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Clifton.
Some Christians mark the beginning of Lent, the late-winter fast before Easter, with ashes applied to their foreheads in the form of a cross by a priest.
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http://www.northjersey.com/news/140113473_MASS_TRANSIT.html
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