Burning the Ashes. Father Dan Folwaczny is a priest with the Archdiocese of Chicago and serves as pastor at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament parish in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

“There is quite an art to [burning ashes],” Mike Gerken, the co-owner, told the Denver Catholic in 2017. “To get the good ash, you can’t just burn them.

At Burning Man, storms keep ... DANIEL VANDENBARK: I was here for the crazy heat, and now I'm here for the crazy rain, wind and mud. ESTRIN: Vandenbark, who's from Los Angeles, ...

In previous guidance from 2016, the Vatican said the ashes must be kept in "sacred places", and therefore neither at home, divided among family members nor scattered to the wind. Sign up here.