Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent

Editor's note: This version corrects the name of Bernie Tomesek-Singler.

The Rev. Francis Ejimofor, a Catholic priest and chaplain at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, places ashes on the forehead of Toledoan Bernie Tomesek-Singler and her son Mark, left, during Ash Wednesday services in the hospital’s chapel. Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent.