Ash Wednesday signifies the beginning of Lent, which is the 40-day penitential season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving from Ash Wednesday through Holy Thursday in preparation for Easter.

We have listed the services for Ash Wednesday and other Lenten services taking place in the Media Patch area. If we have missed one please add it in the comments section below. 

Related: Photo gallery of Media's churches.

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NATIVITY BVM

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13

• 8 a.m. Mass
• 12:05 p.m. Mass
• 7 p.m. Mass
• Ashes will be distributed at Mass

Sacrament of Reconciliation

• 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoons
• Monday, March 25: noon to 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Parish Reconciliation Service

Lenten Collection Items

• Gift cards for groceries, pharmacies and gas for needy parishioners
• Clothing and casseroles for the homeless of Philadelphia
• Poor Box donation to aid a Catholic Mission in Lima, Peru

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SAINT MARY MAGDALEN

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13

• 6:30 a.m. Mass with ashes
• 8:30 a.m. Mass with ashes
• 12 to 12:30 p.m. Ashes will be given, no Mass
• 7 p.m. Mass with ashes

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CHRIST CHURCH

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13

• Noon
• 4 p.m.
• 7 p.m.

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MEDIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13

• 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary
• Read Daily Lenten Donations here

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MIDDLETOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13

• 7 p.m. in the Sanctuary

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REFORMATION LUTHERAN CHURCH

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13

• Noon
• 7:30 p.m.

Lenten Services

• 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20
• 7:30 p.m., Feb. 27

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CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF STS. PETER & PAUL, 18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13

• 12:05 p.m.

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