Six-year-old Luke Likoudis receives ashes from Father John Tokaz during a 2011 Ash Wednesday Mass at St. James the Apostle Church in Trumansburg, N.Y. The Catholic Church observes the start of Lent by marking baptized Christians with a public and communal sign of penance. This year Ash Wednesday is Feb. 22. (CNS photo/Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier) (Jan. 17, 2012)