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  "path": "/2026/02/19/ash-wednesday-observance-2/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T08:05:36.000Z",
  "site": "https://telescoper.blog",
  "tags": [
    "Biographical",
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  "textContent": "Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. I remember this time eight years ago when I was very much a newcomer to Maynooth being quite surprised to see some folk wearing a cross marked in ash on their forehead as in the picture above. I think this practice is a tradition within the Roman Catholic Church, with which […]",
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