Local Catholics gathered for Palm Sunday Masses at parishes throughout the Diocese of Providence.
Pictured at top, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin celebrated Holy Mass for Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence.
At left and above, Father Peter Lee leads the congregation at St. Paul Church, Cranston, in prayer, moments before blessing the palms on the final Sunday of Lent. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified.
