Due to the ongoing winter storm, San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller has granted Catholics a dispensation from fasting and abstinence on Ash Wednesday and says ashes will be allowed to be given at the end of masses through the weekend if parishioners don’t receive them Wednesday.
Archdiocese officials said that many churches in the area are canceling or reducing the number of services due to the winter storm.
“In recognition of the challenges almost all families are facing in the archdiocese due to widespread lack of electricity and water, Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller has granted the faithful a dispensation from the law of fasting and abstinence on Ash Wednesday,” officials said in an announcement on Facebook.
The archdiocese said to check in with local leaders and monitor social media for Mass times.