Yesterday was Palm Sunday. We celebrated with a class on palm braiding at St. Anthony's Church in St. Cloud, taught by instructor Lois Maciej, and sponsored by St. Anthony Council Catholic United Financial. The class was wonderful. Our instructor was most reverent, reminding us that the palms had been blessed, and that she had a bag for collecting palm snippets for burning. She was also most patient, taking the time to help each of us individually with our projects. We learned a folded cross (not pictured), the fan, the cone, two roses, and my favorite, the crown of thorns. My completed projects are pictured below.
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| The fan, the cone, a four strand rose and a five strand rose. |
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| The four strand rose, top view. |
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| The cone. |
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| The crown of thorns. Ecce homo! |
