Woman prays at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, the beginning of Lent. Cardinal Dolan was the principal celebrant and homilist at the noon Mass.
Maria R. Bastone
Msgr. Robert Ritchie, rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral, imposes ashes on the forehead of Cardinal Dolan. The cardinal was the principal celebrant and homilist of the noon Mass in the cathedral on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, the beginning of the Lenten season.