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The Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony is a hallmark of every Holy Week and recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their last supper together before he was crucified.
On March 28, 2024, Holy Thursday of Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday, Rev. Rhey Garcia, pastor of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, washed the feet of 12 parishioners who represented the 12 Apostles.
Pope Francis on Holy Thursday washed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Roman prison, notably excluding men from the ritual, telling detainees to never tire of asking for God’s forgiveness.
The ritual, part of Maundy Thursday, in the run-up to Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday, imitates the act Jesus performed for his 12 disciples during the Last Supper.
Thursday was the annual washing of the feet for Archbishop Gregory Aymond. For at least 10 years, he's been going to Orleans Justice Center and washing the feet of inmates on Holy Thursday.
The ceremony of washing another’s feet -- which follows the Gospel account of Jesus washing the feet of his 12 disciples -- “is not something folkloric,” the pope said during Holy Thursday ...
Holy Thursday Mass and foot washing ritual mark start of sacred days in Scranton. Story by FOX56 NEWSROOM • 3w. Parishes across the Diocese of Scranton are preparing for a busy Easter weekend.
Bishop David Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh administers Holy Communion to the inmates during a Mass and foot-washing ceremony at Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
Pope Francis washes the feet of an inmate at the Rebibbia women's prison on the outskirts of Rome as he celebrates the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper on March 28, 2024. The pontiff washed ...
Christian monks and friars walk in procession around the Stone of Anointing during the Washing of the Feet ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 17, 2025.
The Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony is a hallmark of every Holy Week and recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their last supper together before he was crucified.