Cooper Giles, 13, center, smiles with classmate Blaise Farrington, 12, left, as Bishop Edward Scharfenberger presides over Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. At right is Ayden Tores, 12. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger gives 11th-grader Gabe Lucarelli ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Ryan Patrick, 17, delivers the welcome address at Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger’s Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Color guard member Aidan McPhillips, 15, second from right, stands with the papal flag as students file into the gym for Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger’s Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger delivers the homily during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger blesses the Eucharist during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Eucharistic minister Aiden Ciancio, left, receives ashes from Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger gives seventh-grader Daniel Brown ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Students stand as Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger presides over Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger gives a closing prayer during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger gives seventh-grader Matt Ryan ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger delivers the homily during Ash Wednesday Mass on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at La Salle Institute in Troy. (Cindy Schultz for The Evangelist)
