Category Archives: Palm Sunday

Looking back to Holy Week and Easter Day in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

The Octave of Easter – the eight days starting with Easter Day which introduce the 50 days of Easter celebrations – comes to an end on the second Sunday of Easter, known also as Low Sunday. These days give us … Continue reading

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Palm Sunday Crosses and Coronavirus Pandemic Memorial at St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork

Last year, with the palm crosses for Palm Sunday 2020, already purchased and delivered to Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, the question was ‘what will we do with them?’ The Dean of Cork, the Very Reverend Nigel Dunne, fastened them … Continue reading

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Bishop Paul Colton’s tells the Story of Holy Week and Easter using the Stained Glass of Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork

Following on from his message to schools and everyone at Christmas, when Bishop Paul Colton told the Christmas story using the stained glass windows of Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork – the Bishop has done the same now for Holy … Continue reading

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Without Words – Last One – Easter and Holy Week 2020 in Cork, Cloyne and Ross

Each day in Easter Week we will publish a photograph without words to illustrate Easter and Holy Week 2020 – without words – starting in reverse from Easter Day to Palm Sunday.  Today ~ Palm Sunday         … Continue reading

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A Cross in Your Window – A Suggestion for Holy Week and Easter

On Palm Sunday Christians would usually gather for their traditional processions recalling the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey, when people welcomed him, and greeted him enthusiastically waving branches.  But there will be no donkeys or palms or … Continue reading

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