From PALMS to ASHES

-the Rite of Burning of Palms for Ash Wednesday

Collection of old palms begins today until Tuesday, February 8.

To reinforce the origin and symbolism of the ashes used on Ash Wednesday, we invite all of our parishioners to gather their old palm from Palm Sunday 2012 and we will burn them together to remind us that “dust we are and to dust we shall return” on Sunday, February 9, 2013 after 5:30 pm Mass. The resulting ashes will be used on Ash Wednesday, February 13, on which Lent begins.