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Where To Find Lenten Fish Fries In Rhode Island 2019

If your church, group or business is planning fish frys for Lent this year, here's how you can let us know.

Is your church planning a Lenten fish fry? Fill out the form to share the details.
Is your church planning a Lenten fish fry? Fill out the form to share the details. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images.)

Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. So it's time to start thinking fish and all the fish fries sure to be held across Rhode Island during the Lenten season.

If your church or group is operating one this year, please fill out this form with the details. We'll compile the list of frys that we get and make sure that information is available to our readers throughout the season.

An Associated Press article published in USA Today called the meal "a timeworn Catholic tradition that provides a safe haven from divides that have long roiled the U.S. church, a place where traditionalist Catholics, progressive Catholics and everyone in between can sit peacefully at the same plastic tablecloth."

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Many churches and restaurants are serving up delicious meatless Friday dinners including fish and pasta. For kids there's mac and cheese, pizza and grilled cheese.

So go out and support your favorite parish or visit them all. There are six Fridays in Lent.

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