Palm Sunday celebrations across the Charlotte diocese

Palm Sunday at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury. (Troy C. Hull)

Father Matthew Codd and Deacon Christopher Angermeyer bless the palms for the Vigil Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte. (Edward Chaplinsky Jr.)

Sister Regina Ladoing, OP, helps parishioners as they take the blessed palms. (Edward Chaplinsky Jr.)

Children process into St. Mark Church in Huntersville during the Vigil Mass on April 12. (Amy Burger)

The Palm Sunday vigil Mass at St. Mark Church in Huntersville. (Amy Burger)

Children at St. Mark Church in Huntersville during the Vigil Mass. (Amy Burger)

Palm Sunday Mass at St. Luke Church in Mint Hill. (Lisa Geraci)

Father blesses the palms at the start of Palm Sunday Mass at Divine Redeemer Church in Boonville. (Sergio Garcia)

Palm Sunday procession outside Divine Redeemer Church in Boonville. (Sergio Garcia)

Palm Sunday procession at Holy Angels Church in Mount Airy. (Sergio Garcia)

Father Christopher Brock, assisted by Deacon Mark Mejias, leads Palm Sunday Mass at Holy Cross Church in Kernersville. (Paul Doize)

Palm Sunday at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury. (Troy C. Hull)

Palm Sunday at St. Elizabeth Church in Boone. (Amber Mellon)

Father John Eckert blesses the people holding palms at the start of Palm Sunday Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury. (Troy C. Hull)

Palm Sunday procession at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury. (Troy C. Hull)

Palm Sunday procession at St. James Church in Hamlet. (Lisa Geraci)

Father Fidel Melo blesses the congregation before the Palm Sunday procession outside St. James Church in Hamlet. (Lisa Geraci)

Palm Sunday procession at St. James Church in Hamlet. (Lisa Geraci)

St. Pius X parishioners select palms on their way into Mass. (Mary Ann Luedtke)

Father Christian Cook celebrates Palm Sunday Mass at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro. (Mary Ann Luedtke)

More than 500 people attended the Palm Sunday noon Mass at Our Lady of the Highways. (Photo provided)

Palm Sunday Mass celebrated at Our Lady of Mercy in Winston-Salem. (Photo provided)

Father Brandon Jones at St. Margaret Mary Church in Swannanoa had help celebrating the Palm Sunday liturgies from three deacons preparing for priestly ordination this June ¬— Deacon Nicholas Kramer, Deacon Andrew Templeton and Deacon Joseph Yellico. (Prov

Faithful at St. Stephen Maronite Catholic Church celebrate Palm Sunday with a procession. (Provided photo)

Our Lady of the Rosary Palm Sunday Mass. (Provided photo)

Father Melchesideck Yumo holds a palm at St. Benedict the Moor Church in Winston-Salem. (Provided photo)

Father Mark Lawlor blesses palms outside St. Therese Church in Mooresville. (Provided photo)

Parishioners at St. John Neumann in Charlotte had the opportunity to support its campaign for new facilities through a woven palm sale on Palm Sunday. (Photos provided)

Immaculate Conception Parish in Hendersonville started Holy Week by holding palms in the air as Fathers Andres Felipe Gutierrez and David O'Connor blessed them. (Photos provided)