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Students from several of Lima's Catholic schools gathered at St. Gerard to hear about how social pressure can lead to dangerous behaviors like drinking and how having the wrong people in your life can cause anxiety, depression, or worse. The guest speaker herself struggled with mental health and an eating disorder in high school and hopes that her story of recovery inspires kids going through similar situations.

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People gathered at the church for the Ash Wednesday Mass. That's where the ashes of last year's Palm Sunday leaves are worn by people as a sign of repentance going into the Lenten season before Easter. While the ash distribution didn't look exactly the same as years past, the mass was still a little bit of a return to form for the church.