Medical Center Health System Host Ash Wednesday Service
(David Gomez, News Anchor)
Odessa, Texas/February 18, 2026-This is DRB Media Communications Digital News. Medical Center Health System held a special Ash Wednesday service, marking the beginning of the Lenten season. Danny Barrera has the story.
Pastoral Services at Medical Center Health System offered Ash Wednesday services throughout the day for all MCH employees, patients, and family members.
(Chaplain Doug Herget, Director of Pastoral Care-Medical Center Health Systems)
“Have requests from some patients that are bed bound. And we’re going to go administer the the ashes to them. Uh, of course, Ash Wednesday marks lent, which is the beginning day of the forty days prior to Easter.”
By extending the tradition across denominational lines, the hospital honored the diverse Christian faith traditions present among those receiving care and those providing it, reinforcing a message of hope, humility, and spiritual renewal.
(Chaplain Doug Herget, Director of Pastoral Care-Medical Center Health Systems)
“As the spiritual pastor over the hospital. Uh, it gives gives me great pleasure to be able to provide the services, uh, to our staff and our workers and our volunteers, uh, because they, uh, they work very hard and they work under very difficult conditions, sometimes very stressful conditions. But being able to offer them something that they don’t have to go outside the hospital to get, they can they can get the same services here that they get at their local churches.”
The Ash Wednesday services is a reminder and reflection of Christ’s spiritual journey. For DRB Media Communications Digital News, Danny Barrera.
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