Steeples will be placed on the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish Church in Schwenksville, Montgomery County on Ash Wednesday. Once the steeples are in place, Father Paul Brandt, Pastor, will ride a construction lift 100 feet into the air to place a 10 foot cross onto the steeple of the bell tower.

All of the students from Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish School as well as children in Child Care and many parishioners will gather in the parking lot to witness this historic event. The setting of the cross will take place around 10:00 a.m. immediately following Ash Wednesday Mass at 9:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish
256 Swamp Pike
Schwenksville, PA 19473 (Montgomery County)


For more information please contact Father Paul Brandt, Pastor of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish, at 215-651-4454.


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Editor's Note: Ash Wednesday signifies the beginning of Lent for Christians throughout the world. Lent is the 40-day penitential season of prayer and sacrifice lasting from Ash Wednesday through Holy Thursday in preparation for Easter. For background information on Lent please visit www.archphila.org.

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