Flood of worshipers in parishes and churches for Palm Sunday celebration

The Catholic temples of the city received from the first hours of this Sunday session a crowd of faithful who came to celebrate "Palm Sunday" and bless, as part of this annual liturgy, their branches of olive trees to a week of the arrival of Easter.

One of the meeting points of the faithful was the parish of San Francisco de Asis 12, between 68 and 69, where a mbad was celebrated. Later, a procession was started which culminated in the park of Saavedra. blessing clusters of olives. Another relevant activity is the one that took place just before noon in the vicinity of the cathedral at 14 and 53, where parishioners came with their branches to participate in the blessing.

In the rest of the temples of the city, they also programmed different mbades during this Sunday. Meanwhile, as the closing of the Lenten Encounters focused on reflection on five psalms, the theater group The Annunciation of Ringuelet presented the play "Descendo a los Infiernos" at the San José Seminary from 24 to 24 66

In this way, the Cathedral of La Plata and the rest of the churches and chapels of the city open a special week during which different activities will be conducted, with mbades recalling each day the procession of the seven churches, the washing of the feet, via crucis, and the coronation of the celebrations with Easter Sunday mbades, in this case April 21st.

Palm Sunday comes from the fact that the triumphal entry of Jesus to Jerusalem is commemorated when the crowd received it with palm leaves. A procession usually takes place before mbad and the faithful usually carry olive leaves to be blessed later.