In the Ambrosian Rite, ashes are blessed and placed on the heads of the faithful not on the day that elsewhere is called Ash Wednesday, but at the end of Mass on the following Sunday, which in that rite inaugurates Lent, with the fast traditionally beginning on Monday, the first weekday of the Ambrosian Lent.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; September 17, 1730 â November 28, 1794), also referred to as the Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian and American military officer.
Beau Biden, son of vice president, dies of brain cancer. Gregory Korte, USA TODAY 8:42 a.m. EDT May 31, 2015. Beau Biden devoted his life to public service, like his father, Vice President Joe Biden. The Iraq war veteran and former Delaware attorney general died of brain cancer.