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In case you missed it, Lent started on Wednesday with Ash Wednesday. Social Media seems to have become quite the tool for evangelism… as evidenced by the number of Ash Wednesday posts and #Ashtag tweets.

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Here’s a cute pic of me and the girls with our #Ashtags!

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For my non-Catholic readers, Simcha Fisher wrote a humorous blog post explaining some of the odd behaviors you might see during Lent. You can read it here.

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NPR even got in on the action!

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I have a new favorite emoticon: +:-)

Too bad I can only use it once a year.

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 The girls are getting in on the Lenten action the best way they know how… CRAFTS!! Here’s a pic of their offering boxes and their alms to give. I wish I could say this was my idea but I was inspired by Catholic Icing!

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We’re back to being hosted by Jennifer over at Conversion Diary! Make sure to head over there to congratulate her on meeting her book deadline and head back to Betty Beguiles to thank her for hosting 7QT these past few weeks!

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Thank you for all of your continued prayers for Kim E. They have been able to remove the breathing tube and she has shown 100% brain activity!

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