Ann Minakovic, of Riverside, receives ashes on her forehead on Ash Wednesday, March 6, during Riverside Presbyterian Church and Ascension Lutheran Church’s “Ashes to Go” to mark the beginning of Lent at the Riverside train station. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Rev. Chris Honig (left) of Ascension Lutheran Church, and Rev. Dale Jackson, of Riverside Presbyterian Church, offered “ashes to go” to the faithful on Ash Wednesday, March 6, at the Riverside train station. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
Dan Gregus (left) of Riverside, pauses as the Rev. Dale Jackson, pastor of Riverside Presbyterian Church, puts ashes on his forehead before boarding the Metra train to Chicago on Ash Wednesday, March 6, at the Riverside train station. | ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
The pastors of Riverside Presbyterian Church and Ascension Lutheran Church were out on the morning of March 6 — Ash Wednesday — offering “ashes to go” at the downtown Riverside train station to the faithful commuting into the city on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Christian season of Lent.
