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School celebrates Shrove Tuesday with palm burning

Students from St. Bede School, Ingleside, watch as Father Shawn Gould, the pastor, burns palms Feb. 13, 2018 in preparation for Ash Wednesday the next day/
Father Shawn Gould, pastor at St. Bede Parish in Ingleside, reads during a short prayer service before burning palms. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Students watch as Father Shawn Gould, pastor at St. Bede Parish in Ingleside, leads a prayer service. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Gould lights the palms. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Kindergartner Marcel Kubiak peers around a classmate for a better view of the fire. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Shawn Gould, pastor of St. Bede Parish in Ingleside, burns palms as students from the school look on Feb. 13. The ashes were distributed on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, which marked the start of Lent. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Students at St. Bede School in Ingleside, sing as palms burn on Feb. 13. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Maintenance engineer Dexter Sommerfeldt burns some of the remaining palms. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Eighth-grade students at St. Bede School in Ingleside, assist in burning the remaining palms on Feb. 13. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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