Question: How do you dispose of Palms (from Palm Sunday) if you do not have a place to dig a hole to burn or bury them? I appreciate your help.
— Eileen, via email.
Answer: You can bring them to your parish. It is common that parishes receive old and dried palm branches and either burn them to make ashes for Ash Wednesday or burn them in the Easter Fire. If you cannot bring them to church or do not have a yard or garden, you can bring them to the local woods and bury them there or at least place them somewhere out of the way so that they are not trampled. One can also burn palms at home and dispense of the ashes in a similar way.
Msgr. Charles Pope is the pastor of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian in Washington, D.C., and writes for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. at blog.adw.org. Send questions to msgrpope@osv.com.
