[Dean's World] Andrew Cory: Question for Catholics

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Posted by Andrew Cory:
Question for Catholics
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1175738723.shtml


   This seems to be religion week for me. Anyway, I was thinking about
   Ash Wednesday (about 35 days late, I know), and it suddenly hit me:
   where do the ashes come from?

   I don't mean symbolically, I mean literally. Do the priests burn
   special paper, or is it something else? Or do people donate from their
   chimneys. I have no idea, and I'd like to...