Because palms from Palm Sunday are blessed, worshipers are advised to only dispose of them by burning. Some churches will accept the returned palms to burn and be used for ashes for Ash Wednesday ...

Each year, Palm Sunday marks the start of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. In 2025, it will take place on April 13. The day commemorates when Jesus made his triumphant arrival into ...

This day, Palm Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week. For those Christians who keep Holy Week, we recall the dramatic events as told in the Gospels: the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

Millions of Christians worldwide carry palm leaves in processions today to recall Jesus riding a donkey into Jerusalem for Passover week nearly 2,000 years ago, when cheering crowds waved palms ...

Palm Sunday is often celebrated with processions and distribution of blessed palm leaves. In some churches, the palms are saved and burned into ashes to be used on Ash Wednesday of the next year.

JOHNSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Palm weaving is a unique skill that not everyone knows how to do. But a number of volunteers at the Our Lady of Grace Church, including Patricia Colorado, have been doing ...

Priests may struggle to reach congregants as church faces sex abuse scandal. March 27, 2010 — -- Church insiders are familiar with the term "A&P Catholics," referring to Ashes and Palms ...

The palms are for Palm Sunday, which marks the start of Holy Week in the Catholic tradition. During Mass, many people will hold palms shaped into crosses, celebrating the Gospel story recounting Jesus ...

Members of the Elks Lodge 714 in Bridgeport continue the tradition of making Decorated Palm for Palm Sunday. Members of the Elks and community volunteers contributed their time on April 9th and 10t… ...

Photos: Christians at church services around the Lehigh Valley, including St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Bethlehem, marked Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week.