Ash Wednesday celebrated in Kidapawan City

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Students do their obligation as Roman Catholics by going to church and have their forehead marked with cross-shaped ash, for the beginning of Lent.

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in Society, on the 22nd of February 2012

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Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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A student has his forehead marked. Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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Students queue to take part in Ash Wednesday celebrations.

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Students do their obligation as Roman Catholics by going to church and have their forehead marked with a cross-shaped ash. Today marks the beginning of the Season of Lent. It is a season of penance, reflection and fasting, which prepares the people for Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

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