Island church offers Ashes on the Go

Mar 12, 2026 By SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1 min read

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SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church rector the Rev. Bill Van Oss offers a blessing to bicyclists who stopped by the Sanibel church on Feb. 18.

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SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church rector the Rev. Bill Van Oss makes the sign of the cross with ashes on the forehead of a visitor.

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SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH The Rev. Coleen Tully, assistant priest with Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, distributes ashes on Feb. 18 at the Gladiolus Food Pantry in Fort Myers.

Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on Sanibel offered Ashes on the Go on Feb. 18 — Ash Wednesday — outside near the Shared Use Path. More than 300 people drove over, walked up or biked by to receive the imposition of ashes, a blessing or both, marking the beginning of Lent. Rector the Rev. Bill Van Oss distributed ashes, along with “Lent in a Bag” kits. The Rev. Coleen Tully, assistant priest for the church, distributed ashes at the Gladiolus Food Pantry in Fort Myers.