Are you wondering what to do with your old palms from Palm Sundays past?
Canon Law states: “Once a religious object is blessed and dedicated for divine worship or veneration, it must be treated with reverence and not be used in either an improper or profane way.” However, blessed religious objects break or wear from use. The basic rule for the disposition of these items is to burn or to bury them.
So, whatever you do, DO NOT just throw your old palms away. Throwing them in the trash overlooks their sacred purpose and treats them like any other object we no longer need. INSTEAD, bring them to the church, and we will burn them and return the ash to the ground. Alternately, you could burn them yourself then spread the ash.