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Really.<\/p>\n

It happened in South Dakota<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent . It a time for penance, reflection, fasting and apparently, dance for one group of catholic students. We attend one Ash Wednesday Service that was interrupted by an unexpected, but emotional flash mob.<\/p>\n

Not long after receiving the ceremonial ashes and final blessing, a flash mob broke out during the Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sioux Falls. The name of the song\u00a0was \u201cWhere you go I\u2019ll go\u201d by Chris Tomlin. A timely tribute for the beginning of the Lenten season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had done it for our talent show and it had such a powerful message behind it\/we had a lot of people asking could we transform it into church or mass,\u201d St. Mary Teacher Julie Kolbeck said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can see the results here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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