Ash Wednesday Mass

"Make Lent a truly amazing time," he said. "Focus on personal growth and service and make it a special time of grace with the Lord."

Student musicians added to the beauty and solemnity of Mass. Students performed a wonderful offertory song called "You" by Campus Minister Mike Gregg: Liam Gregg '24, Hannah Beil '24, Tommy Grant '25, Kate Sipchen '24, and Margot Burm '24. The liturgy ended with a beautiful rendition of "Ave Verum Corpus" by Mozart, performed by Danny Blanchard '25 (piano), Sofia Chen '25 (violin), and Sam Cho '24 (cello).

Thank you to the following students for their help and participation in Mass:

Call to Worship: Jack Burke '24
1st Reading: Rebecca Jalloway '25
2nd Reading: Jonathan Hernandez '25
Intercessions: Mia Swanson '24
Gift Bearers: Audrey Flechsig '24 and John Conant '24
Cross Bearer: Nick Arogundade '24
Lectionary: Callie Mitchell '24
Sacristans: Ben Trapp '24, Ellie Vehovsky '24, and Colin Langford '25

Student Eucharistic Ministers: Jacquelyn Mark '25, Deirdre Dettling '24, Colleen Miehl '25, Addie Needham '24, Alexandra Delgado '25, Carly Nevins '24, Celia Delany '24, Kayla Mroczkowski '25, Sophie Goldberg '24, Shannon Hendrick '24, Caroline Locke '25, Grace Gordon '25, Caroline Mark '24, Mary Kane '24, Colin Langford '25, Lily Tarzon '25, Maddy Byrd '24, Harrison Kriston '24, Gianna Bermudez '25, and Megan Jorash '24.

Faculty and Staff Eucharistic Ministers: Mr. Mike Gombac, Deacon Arek Ciemiega, SJ, Mr. Brian Dugan, Mrs. Fran Gombac, Mrs. Tammy Butvilas, Ms. Sarah Bennett, Mrs. Jean Buckley, Mrs. Meghan Cunniffe, Fr. Stan Czarnecki, SJ, Fr. Greg Ostdiek, SJ, and Mrs. Molly Ostergaard.

A special gratitude to our celebrants: Loyola Academy President Rev. Gregory J. Ostdiek, SJ; Loyola Academy Campus Minister Rev. Stanislaw Czarnecki, SJ; and Dcn. Arek Ciemiega.