Before the start of a traditional breakfast-food Shrove dinner at St. Mary's School in Lee, students and parishioners from the school and St. Mary’s Parish place the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday mass onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
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The Rev. Brian McGrath, with students and parishioners from St. Mary’s School and St. Mary’s Parish, place dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
The Rev. Brian McGrath places the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
The Rev. Brian McGrath places the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
Students and parishioners from St. Mary’s School and St. Mary’s Parish place the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
Zooey Bayles, 10, and other St. Mary’s School students serve a traditional breakfast-for-dinner meal to St. Mary’s Parish parishioners during the annual Shrove dinner at the school in Lee, held on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.
Father Brian McGrath, with students and parishioners from St. Mary’s School and St. Mary’s Parish, place the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
Parishioners bow their heads during a short prayer before the start of the Shrove Tuesday dinner at St. Mary’s School in Lee.
Father Brian McGrath speaks to parishioners, students and their families at the start of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.
Volunteer Chaz Atwell flips pancakes on the griddle during the annual Shrove dinner at St. Mary’s School and Parish in Lee, a traditional breakfast-for-dinner event that takes place on Shrove Tuesday.
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The Rev. Brian McGrath, with students and parishioners from St. Mary’s School and St. Mary’s Parish, place dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
The Rev. Brian McGrath places the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
The Rev. Brian McGrath places the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
Students and parishioners from St. Mary’s School and St. Mary’s Parish place the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
Zooey Bayles, 10, and other St. Mary’s School students serve a traditional breakfast-for-dinner meal to St. Mary’s Parish parishioners during the annual Shrove dinner at the school in Lee, held on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.
Father Brian McGrath, with students and parishioners from St. Mary’s School and St. Mary’s Parish, place the dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday onto a fire; the ashes of which will be used the next day on Ash Wednesday. The burning of the palms is part of the annual Shrove Tuesday celebration at St. Mary’s School in Lee on the day before the beginning of Lent.
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Stephanie Zollshan has been a photojournalist for The Berkshire Eagle since 2011. She is a Boston University graduate whose work has been featured in publications around the world. Stephanie can be reached at szollshan@berkshireeagle.com.
