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Burning palms for Ash Wednesday celebration

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Deacon Larry Spohr conducts the palm burning celebration at St. Bede School in Ingleside Tuesday morning. St. Bede Catholic Church will use the ashes for their four Ash Wednesday services.

Paul Valade | Staff Photographer

St. Bede School students watch the palm branches burn Tuesday morning in preparation of their church's Ash Wednesday services in Ingleside.

Paul Valade | Staff Photographer

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A celebration is usually not in order when something is burned to ashes, but the students and staff of St. Bede School in Ingleside would disagree.